Views around the grounds and Walled Garden - 15/05/2012

May continues to be wet and changeable. Low temperatures still continue and as it was a Tuesday with the House being closed, there were not many visitors around the property. The weather forecast did not hold out for a dry day, there were a few short showers, but on the whole it was a reasonable day.

My job for today was weeding and forking over a border in East Wood. It took me most of the day and my final job was to move some branches away from the drainage ditches that have just been completed. The warm weather of March and the growth spurt it created has rapidly slowed. There is even the prospect of a ground and air frost for tomorrow.

I took the following photographs before I started work this morning and at other times during the day:

Rhododendrons starting to flower on East Lawn Drive.

Path to China Pond in East Wood.

Garden Pond.

Garden Pond.

Mary Pool in the Walled Garden.

Lower Terrace looking towards the Mary Pool.

Lower Terrace.

Lower Terrace.

Shrub

Railway Border.

Looking up to the Conservatory.

Early morning rain.

Looking into the Walled Garden.

Rhododendrons in East Wood.

Rhododendrons in East Wood.