Five from Dorothy Clive

I'm taking you back to last week and our visit to the Dorothy Clive Gardens.  A couple of posts ago I showed you the Laburnum Arch at the top of the garden which was very beautiful but there were lots of other things that caught my eye during the visit.

1. Water

The Pond which is the first thing you find as you enter from the bottom car park.

The Waterfall is sited in the quarry garden which at this time of year is full of Rhododendrons and bird song.
 

 2. Shady Trees and Twisty Paths

Seats under shady trees

Shade at the top of the garden at the end of the Azaleia walk.

It was cool and quite magical along the path under the trees.

Paths in the quarry garden were covered in fallen petals.  A colourful confetti.

 3. Foxgloves and Alliums

There are foxgloves everywhere at the moment, it seems to be a good year for them.

 

I love the patterns inside the bell shape flowers.

Lots and lots of Alliums around too
 

Large, small, mauve, purple and white. 

 

A sight for sore eyes, as the saying goes.
 

I'd love to have some in our garden but they don't seem to like our soil.

4. Azaleias and Rhododendrons

 

I'll let them speak for themselves.

All just a riot of colour.

 

Some were scented too.

 

5. Views.

Views out from the garden over the Staffordshire countryside.  When we first moved to Staffordshire in the late 90s, we lived in a village not far away, we rented until our house in South Lincolnshire sold.  We eventually bought the property we live in now and moved into the city to be close to work.

View across a Barley field.  When we lived nearby we took out a year's membership and often spent Sunday mornings walking in the gardens and having elevenses in the cafe.

Buttercup Meadow - a view from the top of the garden off the Azaleia walk.

 

Well, it's the end of May, it has passed by so quickly.  Tomorrow we move into the first of the Summer months. 

I'll see you in June, I hope.