Category: Wild Garlic

Wild Garlic at Cheddar Wood - Nr Cheddar, Somerset, UK. ID JB_4675

Sheep in the Wood

A couple of weeks ago I made the trip over to Cheddar to photograph the wild garlic in Cheddar Wood.  Back then the garlic was just starting to flower.  I posted a few pictures...

Wild Garlic in the New Cut - Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_3945

Cut Above

New Cut The words new cut brings images to mind of motorways crossing a hillside.  However, this is not the case in Wells.  Here the New Cut appears to be an ancient track up...

Wild Garlic - Round Wood, Nr Wells, Somerset, UK. ID JB_1705

Milton Hill

I recently made a few visits to Wattles Hill near Wookey Hole in Somerset.  Around that hill are several woods, but I had no idea what the names of those woods were, or even...

Wild Garlic - Milton Wood, Somerset, UK. ID JBA_8649

Another Round of Wild Garlic

Even from the outside you can see that something special is happening in Round Wood between Wells and Wookey Hole in Somerset. For many years I walked this wood each lunch time for a break...

Kings Wood - Somerset, UK. ID kingswood

Kings Wood

Kings Wood is covered in Wild Garlic that covers the woodland like a carpet of snow. Wild Garlic Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) creates a white seas that flows around the curves of the woodland, hugs and...

Wild Garlic, Withial Combe

Wild Garlic

This does seem to be a great year for Wild Garlic. But I discovered this fanastic patch of flowers deep in Withial Combe.  The sun was strong and the contrast was way too high...

Wild Garlic (Allium ursine) at Longwood

Longwood

The Somerset Wildlife Trust reserve of Longwood in the Mendip Hills is one of the best woods in Britain.  It is famous for its Bluebells, but Wild Garlic (Allium ursine) is just as beautiful.  Each...

May in Black Rock Drove - Mendip Hills, Somerset, UK. ID JB4_3740

Hawthorn Crushes Garlic

At this time of year Wild Garlic (Ramsons) normally win the battle for best flower. This year the Wild Garlic has been crushed into second place by Hawthorn blossom. Across Mendip the Hawthorn is...