Month: February 2013
Yarra Valley: wineries, plants & chocolate
This is the 3rd in a series of blogs based on my recent visits to Singapore and Australia. Dry and big sky, good for vines Yarra Valley: from De Bortoli winery A visit to Melbourne isn’t really complete without a …
Early Spring at Kingston Bagpuize gardens
Today was the (almost) annual visit to Kingston Bagpuize gardens in Oxfordshire. They have wonderful drifts of snowdrops, aconites, crocuses. A visit always lifts the spirit at the cold end of winter. A carpet of snowdrops at Church Copse Aconites …
Galanthus Bagpuize Virginia (2013)
I blogged about this Snowdrop in 2011, so rather than go into the same detail, you can read about it here, and enjoy the pictures below. I’ll be taking a few of these to Sheffield with me.
The first goodbye: Oxford WDM
The first goodbye in Oxford, as the house sale and move to Sheffield gets closer, was to the wonderful Oxford World Development Movement Group. On Tuesday evening we attended our last meeting before going to the pub for a goodbye …
Singapore Botanic Gardens: photo essay
This is the 2nd in a series of blogs based on my recent visits to Singapore and Australia. The Singapore Botanic Gardens takes up a large part of the island of Singapore (183 acres), and is one of Singapore’s greatest …