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At Pashley Manor Gardens you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
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Yup , this was meant to be a bird to get a shot for SSC this week , and what do I get - a squirrel !! There have been a number of birds about so far this week from Blue Tits to Pigeons on the table , the seed feeder and the fat snax feeder and to be honest , a random capture may well do for my SSC shot even if I clipped the end of it's tail off .
However , the squirrel seems to be tucking in well and come the end of the summer it will be all over the curly - whirly tree after the hazelnuts .
The Anhinga, sometimes called the SnakeBird, Dater, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word Anhinga comes from Brazilian Tupi language and means Devil Bird or Snake Bird.
Happy Feathered Fence Friday.
Really liked the bokeh here with the Canon 7DMII and the long lens combo.
Art - applied to photo image
Nature Communications did a study and found that free-ranging felines kill between 1.4 to 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 to 20.7 billion mammals annually.
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The sandbanks in the area of the Maasvlakte act as an important filling station for migrating birds. The highly industrialised landscape in the background and the grey skies add an odd contrast to the athmosphere.
Abençoado e Lindo Fim de Semana para meus Queridos Amigos
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Blessed and Beautiful Weekend to my Dear Friends
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Week-end Heureux et Belle pour mes Chers Amis
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Fin de semana Bienaventurado y Hermoso para mis Queridos Amigos
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Beato e Bella Fine Settimana per i miei Cari Amici.
Fredvang is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago. The village is fairly isolated with the Fredvang Bridges being the only road connection to the village from the rest of Norway.
I wouldn't normally put up two images but just had to include some birds as they are one of the things that bring me great joy in the neighbourhood.
One of the benefits of living on the edge of suburbia is the bird suprises, especially the raptors as there are still large ares of grassland to hunt. I have only included a few here but they are either the characters of the neighbourhood or the big surprises.
Last week I walked out my front door to find an Australian Hobby on the antenna across the road. A first for me and I was such a birdie nerdie, I couldn't stop the excited chatter. No-one quite understood my delirium.
I have seen Emus on about five occasions, probably escapees from emu farms and my pièce de résistance was the Lathams Snipe.