My Garden in Early May

Everything is coming to life – acers are bright oranges, yellows and red. Snowdrops and daffodils have finished. Now is the time to replace annual plants in pots

Petworth House

This is a National Trust Property in West Sussex, England. The house has the Trust’s biggest art collection.

Wisley Grounds

By the lake there was the amazing coloured stems of Dogwood (cornus)

Remembrance at the Tower

So poignant. Nearly 900,000 ceramic poppies will be laid with the last one being put in place by the Queen on Armistice Day.

Sissinghurst Garden

Gardens in Kent famous for Vita Sackville West’s white garden. Oast houses are no longer a common site in Kent. Many are now private residences.

 

Old Portsmouth (Pubs)

Pubs all up-dated but old. In distance of photo top left is Portsmouth Cathedral dating from 11th Century although then it was just a local church.

My Garden

Some of the more unusual plants

Rose (two treatments)

An Evening in the bishop’s Garden

Taken in Chichester – this is now open to the public in the day

My Garden in Sunshine

Showing different areas of the garden