In A Vase on Monday: Rust, Moss and Hellebores

Yes – still obsessed with the possibilities of ‘Moss on a Plate’. 🙂

With hellebores, rust and muscari.

Joining Cathy for ‘in a Vase on Monday’.

Forde Abbey

On Sunday a friend and I went to visit the snowdrops at Forde Abbey.

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It is on the border of Dorset and Somerset and just an hour’s drive from where I live. The house is not open until April,

but the gardens are a lovely place to wander in.

and having poured with rain the whole way there, the sun shone for us

and the skies cleared

This Cornelian Cherry (Cornus Mas) was really in the spotlight.

so sunny! but no scent.

with a circle of snowdrops beneath – what a gem!

The star of the show for me, but the hellebores came a close second

There were enough windows on the building to last for the whole year of the Monthly Meet-Up Photo Challenge

So you will be seeing more of this place on Tuesday the 5th March.

Edit: for a gallery of amazing photos go to the Forde Abbey Instagram page.

 

Silent Sunday