View from my kitchen window

Like any other gardener, when I am inside the house I am often looking out of the windows at the garden; indeed some of the vistas are designed to be seen and enjoyed from the windows.

Wordless Wednesday

Bearded Iris no ID

Tuesday View – 25th April 2017

Today is a public holiday in Italy; an Italian friend described it as the day the Italians celebrate losing the war.  What ever it is for today is sunny with the wind coming from the south so not as cold as it has been.  Many have gone to the sea, not to swim but to enjoy the beach and have a good meal in a restaurant.

In a vase on Monday – Blue period

Cathy at Rambling in the Garden is our host, she asks us to find flowers in our garden to put in a vase to enjoy in our homes each week.

Garden Bloggers’ Foliage Day – Earth Day

Welcome to GBFD for April.  Usually I have decided what aspect of foliage I will write about for my monthly meme where I ask you to think of the foliage in your gardens rather than the flowers.  This would seem a big ask in April when our spring gardens are bursting with colour from bulbs and many emerging perennials.  

Wordless Wednesday – Iris ‘Pure as Gold’

Iris ‘Pure as Gold’

Iris ‘Pure as Gold’

 

Tuesday View – 18th April 2017

With the explosion of growth happening in the garden at the moment it would almost be worth showing the Tuesday View, hosted by Cathy at Words and Herbs every day rather than once a week!

In a vase on Easter Monday – Jewel colours and some froth

A very Happy Easter Monday, I hope you have been able to enjoy the long weekend, either in your garden or with family and friends.  As it is a special weekend, my flowers today were prepared on Saturday.

The Peony Farm 2017 – Centro Botanico Moutan

This week has been hectic, trying to catch up from our week away at this vital time in the garden.  I haven’t manages to comment on as many posts as I would have liked, nor caught up with reading many from last week – sometimes life just gets in the way of blogging!!!!

As promised earlier in the week here are some images of the Peony farm which is about 20 minutes drive from where we live.

Tuesday View – 11th April

A very quick post to share the Tuesday view.