Waiting...

It is coming... there are clues if you look hard enough for them.

Everywhere you look, nature is slowly getting ready...

Good things come to those who wait...

Becky x

Emma - thanks for waiting! Next post, I promise ;)

The Eden Project

Yesterday I spent the day at The Eden Project with a colleague for some training about using the outdoor learning environment to enhance the curriculum. Despite the misty grey drizzle, we had a lovely day.

Although some parts were a little bare, there were many beds full of spring colour and perfume.
It was the first day of April and one of the course leaders decided to play a litte joke on us. We trekked up an undeveloped embankment, through thick foliage and brambles, slipping in thick clay-heavy mud but the view from the top was breathtaking.

It was so overgrown up there I couldn't take a photograph that did it justice but you can see we were level with the top of the biggest biome!
It was a super day and we came away inspired to improve our school grounds.

If you get the chance, I would really recommend a visit, May is a beautiful time, but please stick to the designated paths!

Becky x

Trebah Gardens

We had a lovely Valentine walk on Sunday at the gardens. It was strangely quiet, the weather much more pleasant than forecast and I found many more signs of Spring. Just look...

drifts of cyclamen...

 daffodils just opening their nodding heads...

and even a few camellias ...

...so, you see, Spring really is on the way.

This was a beautiful sweet smelling plant, sarcocca confusa I think.

This one looks like a rhododendron to me but they said it was a camellia. What do you think?
Here are some more pics of the garden...

These are still quite wintry scenes but we'll pop back later in the year and take some photos of the garden in all it's glory! x

Craving Colour

On these grey dreary days I have noticed that many bloggers are desperately craving colour.
I too am experiencing this yearning. I think it's got more to do with the anticipation of Spring, and so I have brought a bit of Spring to me!

They're looking a little a bit weather beaten but they are my little patch of colour by my front door, there to greet me as I go out and come home. Such simple things to satisfy the soul.
I'm off now for a Valentine's meal and walk at a local garden. Hopefully will find more evidence of Spring coming there too!
Hope you have a nice Sunday.
x