Returning to a second post about Attingham Park, we would like to introduce you to another part of this Shropshire National Trust property. The One Mile Walk was our chosen walk on a November afternoon visit to Attingham Park. We only had a short amount of time available as the light disappears far too early […]
via A Walk in the Park – Part Two – The One Mile Walk — greenbenchramblings
Back around the turn of the 20th Century, a developer named Abbott Kinney and his partners bought the land which is now Venice, California. Their idea was to create a beach resort for day trippers from Los Angeles, a sort of Coney Island West. Just one problem: the land was mostly a swamp (they didn’t […]
Probably the best-known sandstone formations at Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park are the ones that people have nicknamed beehives. Here’s an example from our visit on October 24, 2016. Notice how one set of compact rock layers slices across many thicker layers. © 2017 Steven Schwartzman
On our way back from New Zealand we spent a couple of nights in Singapore – for the second time in three years. It was the hot and humid rainy season (34° and 90% humidity) but nonetheless it is a fascinating place to visit and having discovered how cheap the taxis were, we only walked…
In readiness for my new monthly visit blog postings for 2017 we have visited Attingham Park our subject for next year a few times during the late autumn and early winter to walk the paths and introduce them to you. Today it is the turn of the World War II Walk, a walk we had […]
via A Walk in the Park – 3 -The WW2 Walk — greenbenchramblings
I got close to a substantial Joshua tree a few miles north of Barstow, California, on October 25. Despite the common designation of “tree” based on the presence of bark and a sturdy trunk, the scientific name Yucca brevifolia tells us that the plant is actually a yucca. Surprise. A closer look at a cluster […]
Petworth, west Sussex 7 January – 12 March 2017 Some of Britain’s greatest watercolours will come to the National Trust’s Petworth in West Sussex for an exhibition that explores JMW Turner’s leading role in shaping this uniquely British art form. The exhibition will display watercolours by Turner himself alongside stunning works by artists who inspired […]
via New exhibition celebrates Turner and the Age of British Watercolour — National Trust Press Office
Last summer was one of great abundance and today I am looking back at the top 5 best crops from 2016. Although the summer was cooler than the year before the kitchen garden produced well. We had just enough rain that we didn’t have to water often. When you have ten raised beds, that’s a…
Near to us, a mere half hour drive away is situated the parkland of a National Trust Property called Attingham Park, which is a place we often visit for an afternoon walk. The parkland affords us the opportunity of following different lengths of walk depending on the time we have and how fit we feel […]
via A Walk in the Park – Part One – The Walled Garden — greenbenchramblings
Landlife is an organisation that has been promoting the use of wildflowers to enhance urban environments sine 1999. It has been an important trailblazer in creative conservation and has also worked as a wildflower farmer, growing and supplying native seeds that they sell through their Wildflower Shop at http://www.wildflower.org.uk . It is hoped that some…
via National Wildflower Centre to Close — The Enduring Gardener
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