A Walk in the Park and Walled Garden

Roses in the rose gardens.

I took a walk in the park on Saturday just to get some exercise and visit the library before heading to the walled garden.  It was a relief to get outside as mainly I've been at home.

As you can see the area in front of the library consists of rose beds.  Our own roses in the garden are now in bloom. 

Irises are doing well in the walled garden.

Olive trees on either side of the gardeners' rest rooms are looking healthy.

The herbaceous area is full of plants that attract the butterflies.

The Woodland and Stumpery

There are yellow irises growing in the water by the woodland pond.

Above is the new library entrance with better facilities inside such as cloakrooms for disabled visitors.

Across from the Stable Block Café is the wooded park and lake.

The garden staff are growing wild flowers in a couple of nearby plots of land - mostly buttercups at the moment.  Hopefully other wild flowers will bloom soon.

The plants for sale stall is a popular area in the walled garden.

 The rhododendrons have masses of blooms at the entrance to the park.

Thank you for visiting.  I hope you're well and you're having a good day.

Our Week

Yesterday I went to the library in the park to get the library books I'd reserved and then walked to the lake and around the walled garden.  Trees are beginning to produce their lime green leaves and there's still a lot of colour in the walled garden.

The cherry blossom in the park is nearly over now.

Behind the walled garden there's the coach house stable café where people were sitting outside in the sunshine.

You can now get to the café entrance from the walled garden and its courtyard.  Here's a view from the rose garden.

At this time of the year the magnolia blossom is out and the greenery looks pretty against the blue sky.

There are flowering shrubs, (possibly a daphne shrub), polyanthuses and lots of bedding plants in different areas of the garden.

The glasshouses are still full of plants as we're still getting cold frosts at night.  Later on these bedding plants will be planted out in the walled garden.

Across the road from the park I couldn't resist taking photos of the shutters on the closed café, which I've shown you before.  Each season of the year has been painted on the window shutters and I wanted to take photos of the bluebells.

The cherry tree in our neighbours' garden attracts the birds. 

Our magnolia tree looks prettier now that the green leaves have appeared.

I'll probably write about the books I collected from the library on a future blog as I've only just started reading one of them.

Until next time,  have a good day!

Springtime in the Park

 Last week Mr P and I felt under the weather and didn't go out. However, yesterday a book was due to be returned to the library in the park so that is where I went despite it being a rainy day.  

Since my last visit, due to the milder weather the trees in the Walled Garden were full of blossom.

We're both feeling a lot better today so we shall be out-and-about again this week.  I hope you are well.

Thank you for coming by.  Have a good rest of the week whatever you're doing.

Out-and-About Locally and Some Indoor Gardening

We were pleased that it was sunny and dry yesterday as we needed to go out-and-about locally to do our weekly shopping.  We try to go to as many places as possible in one trip.

The library was on my list and I went around the Walled Garden at the same time.  The mural that had been painted on the shutters of the café opposite also caught my eye.  It really stood out in the sunshine.

This time I noticed the bluebells and the daisies.

The flowers in the walled garden reflect the season as we transition from Winter into Springtime.

The greenhouses in the Walled Garden are full of seedlings, cuttings and plants that need to be inside during these cold and frosty days.

Mr P's tomato plants are on window sills in our house.  In the covered yard plants are still being protected during the frosty mornings.

Mr P's tomato seedlings are also in the covered yard.  I took a look to show them more closely then covered them up again.  The covered yard is a useful place to over-Winter tender plants,  grow them on and protect the citrus trees.

Whatever the weather where you live I hope you have a good day.  Thank you for coming by.