Monteviot May 1st

On May 1st we went back to Monteviot House Gardens and also visited the nearby Woodside garden centre which was also research for this unit.

  

The café at the garden centre served some of the food with edible pansies - I thought the worn wooden table top made a good background:

 

 

Walking around the Gardens, it was amazing  how different everything looked in such a short space of time - most of the flowers that were out the first visit had died and flowers that weren't out before, were.

 

Here are some of the photos I took...

I really like the angle in this photo because I think it makes the image more eye-catching.

 

 

I sketched a different plant this time and I think the result is nice.

 

 

 

There were also some interesting flowers at the garden centre, along with a few cheeky flies!

 

I think the range of plants and flowers that are out this time of year is incredible, much like their generally short lifespan. It's like nature is telling us that beauty doesn't last long so if u find it treasure it!

  

I enjoyed my second visit to the gardens with the variety of spring flowers already in bloom and the early summer ones just beginning to show.  Already there was quite a show of azaleas in the border near the greenhouse at the entrance to the gardens.  I had hoped to have more time to sketch some of the flowers but unfortunately ran out of time so I took various photographs to try to capture the various plants.

I am looking forward to putting some of the colours and shapes into my fashion and jewellery designs.  I particularly like the colours of the tortoiseshell and peacock butterflies and there were several bumble bees flying around.