I find myself bored with winter this week. Cold and damp, wearing hats and boots. I've reached my end of season impatience. Winter you linger and I dream instead of the warm smiling sunshine and herbaceous perennial froth and fever. Blooms a hum of hoverflies and rambling thorny red roses up crumbling walls.
Alas there is a way to go until the season turns, so here is the winter garden of one of my favourite places - Chirk Castle in North Wales. Along the crocodile jaws of a Yew topiary avenue and into views back across the Cheshire Plains. Still beautiful with seeds heads and some great winter colour. Good to pop into the gift shop though to warm up and browse the metal owls and bottles of ale....
However, we went there last summer and I did not share with you so for some sun and to satisfy my summer dreaming, I give you roses and lavender parterres............
Joining in with Mammasaurus for How Does Your Garden Grow?
8 comments:
Hehe, like those little owls. I like Winter as a season but even I'm itching for some sunshine and Spring weather now. Chirk Castle looks like a nice place to spend a day :)
I think we're all a little fed up with Winter now, roll on Spring.
hats and boots sounds wonderful and these landscapes are dreamy
totally agree with you away with grey and bring on the blue
I love seeing the same place in different seasons, it makes you realise just how much difference plants make.
I've had enough of Winter now too, not long though!
I love those owls, are they stone? I tell you what else I love - your header image!
I love the colours in the bottom photos - I can't wait to walk in a rose garden again, totally with you on the end of season impatience this week!
Thanks for joining in, and for adding those rosy red cheeks in to this post :)
I can't wait for the smells and colours to assault my senses come Spring, I agree with you totally.
Love those rosy cheeks and rosy blooms, gorgeous romantic photos! http://thereandbackagainamotherstale.com/
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