Sandringham Gardens

These photos were taken on the same visit to Sandringham as the ones from my previous post, but I thought it made more sense to share them separately since these weren’t related to the dragonfly installation.

[Image ID] A photo of a green acorn on a tree with a gall at the bottom [description end]

This acorn had clearly been bitten by an insect, and the resulting gall on the end looked quite interesting.

 

[Image ID] A photo of a different acorn which also has a gall on [description end]

This was another acorn bearing the results of being bitten by insects. Given they were on the same tree, it’s interesting how different the two galls were!

 

[Image ID] A photo of a brown acorn surrounded by leaves and grass [description end]

For some reason this fallen acorn surrounded by leaves intrigued me.

[Image ID] A view of a path dappled with sunlight and surrounded by trees and bushes. [description end]

I liked the light in this part of the garden, so took a photo to capture the interesting way it was coming through the leaves of the silver birch.

[Image ID] A photo of some dead flower heads which have turned brown and fluffy [description end]

I often find myself drawn to the interesting shapes an patterns in things which are ‘decaying’ or ‘dilapidated’ and this set of dead flower heads were no exception.

[Image ID] A photo of a large hedge forming an archway over a path [description end]

I photographed this arch because I felt that the exposed wood of the branches looked like very long arms reached up to the sky

[Image ID] A photo of some small fruits of a tree. One of the fruits has turned brown and has patches of mould. [description end]

Rather like the dead flower heads, I thought the mouldy fruit was quite interesting. Especially given it’s not actually attached to the branch anymore and instead has stuck to the side of one of the healthy fruits!

[Image ID] A view of various planted pots arranged in a curving formation. [description end]

These pots are arranged just inside the entrance to the gardens, and as I walked past them on the way out I was drawn to something in the scene and decided to photograph it.

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