Lazy days
Summer seems to have arrived, at last – in fits and starts, and at different times in different parts of the country. We’re having a few days of glorious sunshine, […]
Tag Archives: Gardens
Spring, the sweet spring …
When I am sad I turn to music – usually Bach, who is a wonderful uplifter of spirits, but on this occasion Benjamin Britten’s ‘Spring Symphony’. Like many of Britten’s works, […]
Snowdrops to daffodils and new-born lambs
To the Botanic Garden again, this morning, to learn about their project to DNA barcode all the flowering plant species in Wales. They hope to have completed this by the […]
Snowdrops and Bromeliads
I spent an entertaining morning in the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Friday, listening to Ivor Stokes telling us how he came back from the hippy trail in India in […]
A lovesome thing
I have been trying to remember the last time it rained. I know we had a downpour during the MU trip to Myddfai on 8th June, and I think we […]
Day Off
I took the day off today and went to the Members’ Day at the National Botanic Garden. I’m a Life Member as a result of having joined the Grass Roots Club […]
