dry-valleys:

A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens, brainchild of the great 19th-century botanist and designer John Claudius Loudon, which as you can see is a hit with the locals.

The cat honoured Ken Featherstone in his own way: spurning the arid house (2), his preference was for the subtropical room, which dates from 1871).

This offers a perfect microcosm of the seasons, with places like the rock garden (5-8) and the rhodedendron walk (9,10) changing dramatically.

Today and (4,7) April, (6) February and (9) June.

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I told the truth - but told it bent. Wandering around bemused and ranty since 2007. View all posts by BrownhillsBob