Autumn Lady’s-tresses
Towards the end of August I start to look out for this little orchid growing in the short grassland high up on the Mendip Hills. Their name comes from their tiny flowers spiralling around...
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Cooks Fields
The Cook’s Fields nature reserve overlooks the Somerset village of Westbury-sub-Mendip. On a clear day you can see for miles across to Glastonbury Tor and the Somerset Levels. Today, after enjoying the views, I...
Buttercups
The last couple of springs the Somerset Levels have been a sea of yellow buttercups. Barrow Hill, at Panborough, is one of my favourite hills. This is all down to that tree growing out...
Mendip Dandelions
Dandelions I was asked for information on where to find the best dandelions flowers in the area. For me there was one clear favourite. Up the Mendip Hills around Priddy are fields covered in...
Marvellous Magnolia
Bishops Palace A beautiful spot for a stroll. I missed the snowdrops due to the pandemic but now we are allowed out I could not miss the daffodils. But it was the beautiful Magnolia...
Oxeye Daisies at Babcary Meadows
Despite being one of the sunniest springs ever, the orchids at Babcary Meadows were unexpectedly hit by a late frost. But as we came out of lockdown I cycled down to Babcary to see...
Flowering Cherry Tree
We are no longer able to get out and take photographs. But I am so lucky to live in Somerset and so lucky to have a garden. Like many, I would love to go...
Pen Selwood Daffodils
Pen Selwood I was drawn to this village when browsing through the Discover South Somerset website. It was their article on the Moldram’s Ground nature reserve that caught my eye. I knew it was...
Bishops Snowdrops
The Gardens The Bishop’s Palace in Wells is about to start several weekends of Snowdrop Celebrations. Visitors will be able to enjoy a carpet of snowdrops around the Gardens. So I sneaked in early...
New Year’s Snowdrops
First Snowdrops Each year the donkey field in Uphill seems to be the first in Somerset to have snowdrops. On New Year’s day the flowers were already out. Sadly, unlike the picture above, we...
