We popped to Trentham Gardens early this morning to renew our yearly passes before the queues started to build up at the reception desks. Afterwards we went for a stroll around the lake and had morning coffee in the gardens.
We saw loads of butterflies, bees and dragonflies buzzing around the flower beds. Also swallows flitting over the lake.
Here are five of the things we saw as we wandered around.
Female black swan with her three cygnets.
Gorgeous butterflies
Bright and colourful summer flowers
Sunflowers and Red Hot Pokers.
Delicate wild flowers
We also found a new 'mermaid' fairy in one of the fountain ponds. There are one or two new fairies to be found in the gardens and several little ones with wings attached seeking them out.
It was lovely to be out in the fresh air.
I know I would love Trentham Gardens! Your butterfly on the verbena bonariensis? photo is stunning. Love the new mermaid fairy too! Have a lovely weekend Rosie. x
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone, I'm sure you would enjoy Trentham in any season, there is always something of interest to see. Hope you too have a lovey weekend:)
DeleteLooks like a perfect place. Good to see you have lots of peacock butterflies. I’ve yet to spot one this year. Have a lovely weekend. B x
ReplyDeleteThank you Barbara, there was one area of the formal garden with a particular plant which I didn't know the name of but it was ocvered with just Peacock butterflies must have been fifteen or more plus some relaxing on the grass verge too:)
DeleteEverything about this, had to be lovely!
ReplyDeleteI so love dragonflies and damsel flies! And those sculptures... Gorgeous....
Thank you WoW, it was one of those perfect days when everything looks wonderful:)
DeleteIt's a grand time of year to be out and about in gardens.
ReplyDeleteThank you John, yes it is a lovely exhuberant time in the garden, I love the colours at this time of year:)
DeleteSuch a lovely walk. I love the new Mermaid Fairy. One day I really must return to Trentham and this time actually visit the gardens - I can't believe what we missed!
ReplyDeleteI rather like Red Hot Pokers and the wild flowers there are beautiful. Love the Painted Lady on the Verbena bonariensis :)
Have a super weekend.
Thank you RR, if you do visit again it is worth going in the gardens as you have the formal gardens and a lovely lakeside walk with plenty of wildlife and coffee at each end of the lake. It was wonderful to see the Painted Lady and all the Peacocks, we saw Commas and lots of white butterflies too. Red Hot Pokers remind me of our garden when I was a child there were always red hot pokers and snapdragons, also red peonies and lilac:)
DeleteWhat a pretty area!
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely, William, always a jou to walk there:)
DeleteTrentham Gardens does look beautiful and such nice things to see. I've never seen a black swan.
ReplyDeleteThank you Julie, the black swans arrived on the lake a couple of years ago, the white ones didn't like them at first but they gradually settled into an area at the bottom of the lake and this year have produced cygnets so it looks like they are now established there:)
DeleteGorgeous. Lots of peacock butterflies I see, I haven't seen one down here this year. Good old Trentham, it never ceases to deliver. 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you Karen, that one area of the garden had loads of Peacock butterflies, they seemed to like that one type of flower and were flittering all over, I've never seen so many all together:)
DeleteYou took us on a beautiful stroll. Love the mermaid, she is so striking.
ReplyDeleteThank you, glad you enjoyed the stroll, the mermaid is unusual isn't it, a bit different to the fairies but made by the same people:)
DeleteLovely photos, Rosie. It looks like a wonderful morning out. I'm trying to remember when I last saw a black swan, if ever, it is magnificent.
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Thank you Amalia, it was a lovely morning for a walk, the black swans stand out don't they? The have been on the lake for over two years now and this year have had the cygnets:)
DeleteBeautiful set of photographs, not seen a black swan this year. Its been great to see so many Painted Ladies this year.
ReplyDeleteAmanda xx
Thank you Amanda, yes it has been a good year for Painted Ladies, all of a sudden there seems to be lots of butterflies around:)
DeleteThat's a great photo of the Painted Lady :) It looks like a good place to have annual passes for!
ReplyDeleteThank you Pam, we get so much pleasure from going into the gardens and walking around the lake in all seasons that it is worth having the pass:)
DeleteThat fairy is great! It's been a few years since I last visited Trentham, I'm thinking I should go again now!
ReplyDeleteThank you Louise, the fairy is different - part mermaid too:)
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