October Days

 Although it's rather a gloomy day today we've had some sunny weather this month.  

I went to the park again and visited the walled garden.  It draws me in every time.  Of course I took some photos and also a few of our own garden. 

        

Some of our garden flowers October 2024

  

Mr P's fruit and vegetables

    

 an Indian Bean tree by the children's library

the park looking down to the lake

the Stable Block café 

sunflowers and evening primrose flowers in the walled garden

banana plants, lilies and plumbago flowers in the walled garden

dahlias by the glasshouses

 Willow trees -  made into "a house" for the children to play in.

the rose garden

the herbaceous garden

the model "heron" in the stumpery and wild garden

The Autumn leaves are beginning to change to hues of pink, yellow and orange.

In our own front garden the vine leaves are beginning to change colour and the grapes that we'll leave for the birds are appearing.

Thank you for coming by.  I hope your week is going well.

Autumn Days

 I haven't written a blog post since the beginning of September.  However, Mr P is able to drive again so we've been out-and-about locally.  I went to the library in the park the other day, changed some books and walked in the walled garden.  The weather has been wet and windy, but it was good to get out again.

There were still a lot of plants in flower in the rose garden and in the walled garden.

                                         

                                                                          hydrangeas

                                                                           

                                                                        climbing roses

                                                             

                                                               delphinium, cone flowers

                                                                   

                                                                           sunflowers

                                                             

                                                                             hollyhocks

dahlias 

The new entrance to the library is a little confusing, but it leads to the stable block café, the park, lake and the wild garden.

 

rowan tree berries in the wild garden

The boat which acts as a planter was full of  Autumn flowers and Michaelmas daisies.

.... and here are the Michaelmas daisies in our own garden

Here are the books I collected from the library, a children's book, an autobiography about someone who worked for the BBC (British Broadcasting Company), a picture history written by an historian and a novel set in Rome, Italy.

Our son came for a visit recently and brought us a pot of mixed plants, mainly ferns.

It was our great granddaughter's first birthday on Saturday.

On the way home we stopped to take photos of the crocheted topper on the post box because of the Autumn theme.  There were pumpkins, red-capped mushrooms and a quirky looking owl.

I hope you have a good week.  Thank you for coming by, 

Linda P

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.