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Just one out of so many others

Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
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At Windsor Castle.



I choose Rudbeckia, Lavender Hidcote, Echinacea purpurea, Zinna, Gaura Bride, Gaura baby butterfly dark pink, Caryopteris "Heavily blue", Verbena bonariensis and Grasses.

I ♥ my garden.

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Lovely, so much nicer without polythene covering. Wht don't people remove it before laying down their flowers?
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Those look like flowers from a garden … not a shop. Lovely. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited September 2022
    @Simone_in_Wiltshire Thank you for sharing that moment. A very personal touch.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    Dovefromabove said:
    Those look like flowers from a garden … not a shop. Lovely. 😊 
    There were many people that had taken flowers from their garden. Like me, they struggled to find that wasn’t burnt or died during the drought. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    edited September 2022
    Busy-Lizzie said:
    Lovely, so much nicer without polythene covering. Wht don't people remove it before laying down their flowers?
    @BuzzyLizzie I n Windsor, when you go through the gate they tell people to take off the cover and the few with cover came to the right. The Windsor Council also mention that on their website. 
    I heard this morning that the flowers in Edinburgh (?) are being composted and used for a place where they want to grow a tree in remembrance of the Queen. 
    The flowers in Windsor will be moved onto the lawn next to St George Chapel. 

    PS: I used to be a local in the Royal Borough until 2015 and saw the Queen twice as private person. 
    Once, she drove through our road. She didn’t need a satnav. She knew that our road was the best and quietest way to the A404 which leads to the M4 to Windsor. 
    Based on that experience, I always said here in Wiltshire “I have to keep my garden ready in case the Queen visits it spontaneously”. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    every cloud has a silver lining: local florists must be LOVING it.
    Devon.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    edited September 2022
    I was just saying to OH yesterday when the BBC were showing a shot of the flowers outside Buckingham Palace, how much nicer it would be if people left just flowers tied with cotton string or raffia with paper/cardboard messages, without any plastic or other non-compostable bits and pieces, so that the whole lot could be easily composted when they've faded.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Simone_in_WiltshireSimone_in_Wiltshire Posts: 1,073
    @JennyJ I can only speak for Windsor, but all the flowers by the Long Walk gate had no cover or plastic. 

    I ♥ my garden.

  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    But plenty of rubber bands and elastic ties. 😟
    Beautiful flowers though! 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Simone_in_Wiltshire said:
    @JennyJ I can only speak for Windsor, but all the flowers by the Long Walk gate had no cover or plastic. 
    My friend is in Windsor today and posted this 
    May be an image of rose
    and this
    May be an image of rose
    and this 
    May be an image of flower and outdoors
    Devon.
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