Another Winter Walk at the Arboretum

Wolud you care to take another photo-walk with me around the Sir Harold Hillier Arboretum and gardens? We were only there three weeks ago, but already there are changes, and new things to see....

Some of the multitude of hellebores now flourishing in the gardens

Helleborus "Slate Blue" - and it was!

Tiny, species Narcissi

Balls woven from willow and ?, a metre or so across, hidden under the trees on the "Sculpture Walk"

Stunning white birch bark against a blue, blue sky - and one of many traceries only visible in winter

"The Bathing Girl" catching her death in the frozen pond!

The deliciously gnarled burrs on an aged tree trunk

The watercourse outside the Education Centre - the stones engraved with a multitude of plant names

Pebbles in the sunlit water

Pinus engelmanii - looking like a tropical offering in the winter chill

Comments

[Darla]

Thanks for the lovely morning walk. It is pouring rain here at the moment so it was great to escape into the arboretum.

Darla

[Anne]

Such a fresh sunny interlude to a dull day.

[Carolyn]

Lovely morning walk with you friend. I love hellebores.

[Julie Fredericksen]

I can't believe that is what you call "winter"! LOL.

Greetings from wintry North Dakota.

Julie

[Julie Fredericksen]

I can't believe that's what you Brits call "winter"! LOL.

Greetings from wintry North Dakota.

Julie

[rochambeau]

Congrats on being chosen Britt's blog of the week!!

Constance

[Starnitesky]

What a beautiful place, your photographs are excellent, I love hellebores.

[annieelf]

The magnolia like flowers beneath the lavender are gorgeous. They remind me so much of the magnolia tree flowers that will be blooming around me shortly. Soooo very pretty.

[Pat]

Lovely photos! Thanks. It makes me anticiapte Spring arriving here in New York.