Marwood Hill Gardens

On Tuesday early morning we went to London so my daughter could see her friend. We boring adults went to Calais - by the Eurotunnel as the French fishermen were blockading the ferry terminal at Calais. We collected wine and beer, bought a few little bits and pieces and went back to London. Originally we intended to go out for the day on Thursday, maybe to Wisley or another of my favourite places, Kew Gardens.... anyhow - long story short - decided to drive back home yesterday and kind hubby took me and my mother to Marwood Hill Gardens today to make up for it. Weather not brilliant, but gardens lovely and I hope to go regularly to take pictures. Here are a few of the better ones I took today - I decided to try and present them as a slideshow. Dull light, but I think some of the loveliness shows through.I hope the slideshow is a bit better this way, maybe possible to see the pics a bit larger. If it isn't too good, will post them as individual pictures later

Easter mandalas

Which mandala do you prefer? Click to enlarge. I prefer one when they are small and the other enlarged. Strange.

happy easter

two of my Cyprus favourites as I haven't taken any of the garden since i got back. Have done quite a lot of gardening recently, planted a new climbing hydrangea and a new lonicera, a couple of window boxes as a surprise for my mother when she gets back today, with an azalea and lots of pretty violas in each. Quite a lot of pruning, still hoping some plants will turn out to have survived the very cold winter.
Meanwhile the garden is full of daffodils and narcissi of various sorts, tulips of all colours, and bluebells English and Spanish, even cyclamen, cherries are in bloom, magnolias and camellias covered in flower and so on and on.... It is lovely. I will take the camera into the garden when we get back from London. We are going for a few days, daughter to see friend, hubby and I day trip to buy wine in France to stock up for the year... then back here and back to work.
Hope you are relaxing and enjoying Spring.

some photos from the garden in Cyprus