A couple of week ago I made another visit to these gardens:
It is amazing the difference a bright, sunny day with blue sky makes. There was just so much to photograph – I ended up with 86 images! Above is one of my favourites: it is a view of the greenhouse and patio by the Dutch Garden. I have taken photos of this before from different viewpoints but not from here. I think this works quite well.
In this second one, I am showing some of the amazing colour in this garden. This is the flowers in one of the large potted displays by the orangery. I just love the strong, vibrant colours and the juxtaposition of different shades and tones – really inspiring.
Below is another display of flowers. The yellows and browns are Oxalis (one common name is wood-sorrel). This photo doesn’t do justice to seeing them in the bright sun – they just glowed. These were located a the southern entrance to the new Diamond Jubilee walled Garden.
Considering how new it is, this Diamond Jubilee Walled garden has grown amazingly well. The amount of plants now in the garden had increased significantly since we last visited during their evening summer party a couple of weeks earlier. To show this I tried a photograph from an elevated position:
As you can see with the plant trays, planting is continuing. This (and other elevated photos) took several goes to get right but I am improving with practice. To take this photo, I have my camera on an extended tripod, set the 10 second self timer, then lift it all into the air by holding the base of the trips legs. I try and point it in the right direction and hope for the best – this one took about 6 goes to get right. I am reasonably satisfied with the results. I can only do this when visiting outside of public hours – tripods are not otherwise permitted.
The full set of these photos can be seen in the EROV Gallery.