It is the 2nd April and the sun is shinning – the perfect time for a walk through the grounds of Leeds Castle. The cherry blossom is out and daffodils, anemones and other spring flowers form carpets in the woodland garden and the water fowl in the duckery are already caring for their young charges.
Castle from outside the offices
Swans on the Great Water
Castle from Stable Hill
Black swan on the bank of the moat
Cherry blossom time
Cherry blossom and daffodils
Ammonite in causeway wall
A carpet of anemones in the woodland garden
Anemones
Willows in the woodland garden
Daffodils by the pond in the woodland garden
Yet more anemones
A place to rest
Primroses
Black swans with young
Ne-ne geese with young
Camellia
A camellia shrub underplanted with daffodils
A peacock in its spring finery
View of pond with willows and cedar
Mistletoe (growing in time for Christmas) in the woodland garden
White swans resting
Clumps of daffodils
The old mill with scillas and daffodils