Garden Inspiration

On Sunday we visited the gardens at Packwood House.  

They're beautiful at this time of year.

I absolutely love this border.  All those purples, blues and silvers.  It's given me lots of inspiration for my own little plot at home.

Who's that, photo-bombing my shot???/

A favourite part of the garden for Violet to run round and play hide & seek.

I definitely need one of these in my garden.  

You walk up the steps at the side to a pretty little square room at the top, which has a comfy seat for one and old black & white photos of the house and garden on the walls.  

Very pretty - every garden should have one.

What a great Bug Hotel.

The above 3 photos are of an art installation called Hive by the artist Hilary Jack.

They were placed in various nooks and crannies around the Yew Tree Garden.

They're constructed from the remnants of discarded reproduction furniture and found wood collected from around the Packwood estate, and pay homage to the industrious work of the community of gardeners, and pollinating insects who support them in their gardening duties.

It is expected that over time, these little Follies will provide homes and shelter for bees, insects and other small creatures.

Hope you enjoyed that little visit.

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Weekend in pictures

It was a weekend of sun hats and brollies, T-shirts and coats, quite a bit of walking and lots of smiles.