After this morning's early wake up call, in the form of a thunderstorm, (my Instagram story) I thought I'd share a little warmth and transport us back to the Hot House in the Botantical Gardens.
I visited the gardens last weekend with my daughter.
I visited the gardens last weekend with my daughter.
The David Welch Winter Gardens at Duthie Park, here in Aberdeen, is one of Europe's largest indoor gardens and Scotland's third most visited, which seemed perfect as Saturday dawned with yet again rain forecast!
My daughter thought that the Winter Gardens would provide inspiration for an assignment that she's currently working on. She captured my image for My Sunday Photo from these gardens and as the photo shows... I was definitely in the zone!
If I had to choose a plant my least favourite would perhaps be a cactus.
I can't say why exactly, but after our visit to these gardens I think I'll have to rethink my choice, because there were some amazing specimens.
I can't say why exactly, but after our visit to these gardens I think I'll have to rethink my choice, because there were some amazing specimens.
Huge leafy brilliant plants... which I now want to paint.
The hot house has one of the largest collections of Cacti and Succulents in Britain
Beautiful shapes and so many variations of the colour green.
As you can probably guess, I have quite a few photos from our trip... far too many blooms and plants to include here in one blog post, so I'll perhaps post more another day.
Keeping on the cacti theme...here's just a few more photos of the cacti.
Well it's still raining outside and the light is beginning to fade, so I think it's time to call it a day.
Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you again soon.
