Perhaps this door would have lead in to a secret garden...
we walked in a alley which lead to us in a Holland Park and Kyoto garden, which can be found from London. In the other side of the lane was a small patch of wild woodland, which looked so tempting.
Holland Park
The Holland Park was filled with utterly beautiful Hellebore's flowers which i do love so much and they are quite rare here in Finland and hard to purchase from nurseries.
I took some fresh seeds and wish that i will get little seedlings of them. the hellebore seeds which i sowed in early of this year are not yet showed any signs of green leaves. but it can take a very long time before Hellebore seeds have germinated. i am lucky if i will get at least one seedling in autumn.
Asian Acer's and woodland flowers growing together. Can someone tell me which is the name of the greenish yellow wild flower which you can see at the back? it looks bit like a lady's mantle, but i think it is not that. I saw the same flower at the Kew gardens as well.
p.s. i found out that the yellow wildflower is a
Smyrnium perfoliatum. This flower looks quite similar than the wild lady's mantle which grows here. i think the lady's mantle is such a beautiful flower that i try to save it when i am taking other weeds out of the flowerbeds.
wild meadow full of beautiful wild flowers.
places like this are truly magical!
This photos are an inspiration for me when i am gardening in my parents large garden.
woodland gardens are the dearest gardens of mine.
I do like these simple looking gates, which could be found in many gardens where i visited in.
Kyoto garden.
Such a serene place this would be to wander alone or with someone else, but when there is fifteen people trying to walk in little paths and trying to capture photos it was not that serene. but the trees looks breathtaking, especially the bright green acer!!
this would be a perfect place to sip a cup of Japane tea.
Kensington
we walked past the fancy houses of Kensington.
I wish i could have had the time to find the house where Beatrix Potter lived in Kensington,
maybe someday...
Kensington palace, where queen Victoria lived. My favorite queen, who loved violets and collected them.
In several days i saw advertisement about a Queen Victoria exhibition, but did not know where it would be held. well afterwards i found that it was held in this Kensington palace.
Fritillaries, flowers i try to grow from the seeds.
sweet spring primroses, which i am trying to grow also.
Queen Victoria statue outside of the palace.
