Life Cycle

In January 2010 I was inspired by a new blog project of pairing of words and photographs/art (Vision & Verb). I followed the blog from day one and in 2011 I was honored to be invited to contribute to the project alongside the ladies who had inspired me with their thoughts.

The project is coming to an end soon (today was my last post) and I am feeling a little sad that our combined contributions will no longer be collectively visible.

My contributions to the group have been recorded on Cherry Elsewhere.

Shalom xx

The three images in this post are my latest contributions to the Vision & Verb initiative to sell greeting cards in order to generate money to be given as loans to men and women around the world who are starting their own businesses.

Attingham Park's Walled Garden

At the weekend I read the latest regional edition of the National Trust magazine ‘Near You’.  One of the articles advised that this year sees the fifth anniversary of the walled garden project.  I have enjoyed seeing that garden at different stages as it progressed.  This is what the article has to say about the project:

Since 2006 a dedicated team of staff and volunteers have been restoring the walled garden, frame yard and orchard at Attingham Park into an excellent example of a late 18th century kitchen garden estate.

This year sees the fifth anniversary of this project with three-quarters of the garden in full production.  there’s nearly 160 apple trees and clusters of damson and walnut trees thriving in the orchard, and work beginning on reinstating the herbaceous garden.  The sheer size of the walled kitchen garden at Attingham Park serves as a reminder of the scale of operations when the estate was in its prime, prior to ceasing cultivation in the 1960s.  Walled Gardner, Kate Nicoll, said:

“I’m really pleased with how far we have come in five years – the fruit trees have been returned to the walls and the ironwork has been reinstated. “We now supply the tea-room and shop with fruit, vegetables and flowers throughout the year, and in 2012 we achieved organic status.  It’s wonderful to see the garden coming back to life.”

The Walled Garden Restoration Project 2012

Clicking on the first picture will give you a clear view of the words on the chalk board.