Tag Archives: Gardens

Wordless Wednesday – The garden blanketed in snow

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Frogend_dweller
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#NationalTreeWeek 2022 – Day 1: A Star

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

26th November The annual celebration of trees and start of their planting season in the UK begins today, so I thought that I would share a photo of one of my favourite trees at Wimpole. It is a huge London … Continue reading →

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Nothing but Daylilies!

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Frogend_dweller

Last Thursday a colleague told me about a local specialist nursery that holds a National Collection of daylilies (Hemerocallis). It is called Strictly Daylilies and is based in Histon, just north of Cambridge. How did I not know about them!!? … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – The Exotic Garden at RHS Wisley

Posted on June 29, 2022 by Frogend_dweller
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Wordless Wednesday – A glimpse of Wimpole Hall in February

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Frogend_dweller
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Wordless Wednesday – The Garden of Evening Mists

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Frogend_dweller
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Wordless Wednesday – Sunrise over Wimpole’s South Avenue

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Frogend_dweller
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A weekend of proverbs … or the early bird catches the worm

Posted on September 13, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

Over the past few weeks my son and I have spent our spare moments sellotaping, glueing and papier-mache-ing bits of cardboard together to prepare our entry for the Haslingfield Scarecrow Festival. This year’s suggested theme was ‘Proverbs (biblical or otherwise)’ … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – Daffodils: A visual antidote

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

Wimpole Hall is owned by the National Trust. In a statement about the coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday 17 March 2020 the National Trust said that … Although Wimpole Hall, Farm, restaurant, visitor welcome, shops are now closed until further notice, … Continue reading →

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Trapeze artists … and other high wire performers

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Frogend_dweller

In spite of all the named storms and gusty weather sweeping across the country, our bird feeders have been exceptionally busy throughout February. In fact there is a correlation: The nastier the weather the more likely we are to see … Continue reading →

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