Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

13 September 2011: The Walled Garden at Kenwood House

The Walled Garden at Kenwood

The Walled Garden once was the kitchen garden of Kenwood House (it's still called the Kitchen Garden as well). Today it's a flower garden, currently showing a colourful display of late-summer flowering plants.

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Sunday, 11 September 2011

11 September 2011: Tormentil

Tormentil

Tormentil is a herbaceous perennial which can be found on the acid grassland of Hampstead Heath.
Here it is growing on the slope leading down to the stream between the Vale of Health Playground and the Viaduct Pond.

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Thursday, 8 September 2011

8 September 2011: Rose Hips

Rosehips

These scarlet hips are the fruit of dog roses that grow in the hedges around Parliament Hill Fields.