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This very airy and light cottage garden planting style speaks to me! The lavender alliums go so well with the magenta colored gladiolus byzantinus and all the fresh light and chartreuse green foliage makes the blooms sparkle. The wonderfully curvy stone columns are the perfect backdrop to juxtapose and ground this lovely spring scene! Does this border speak to you as well? The photo was taken at Kiftsgate Court Gardens located in the Cotswolds in England. #alliums #lavender #lilac #gladiolusbyzantinus #magenta #light #airy #cottagegarden #cottagegardens #plantingstyle #border #springborder #gardendesign #chartreuse #lightgreen #stonecollumns #curvystonecoloumns #kiftsgate #kiftsgatecourtgarden #kiftsgatecourtgardens #privategarden #privategardens #organicgardendreams #mickleton #chipping Campden #cotswolds #england (at Chipping Campden)

A cute dog, a big view. What more do you want, people!? ;-)

The sky is a very strange colour south of the border, here in Gloucestershire. Should I be scared?

Snowdrops in a quintessentially English church graveyard yesterday. The first sign of spring? A bit more winter would be nice!!

This evening's sublime airy view across to the Malvern Hills. I don't spend much time down south these days, so I'd quite forgotten quite how beautiful this part of England is. I grew up not far from here but I never ventured south into Gloucestershire and the Cotswolds....so the last couple of days down here have been very revealing. No it's not mountainous and grand and all those things you expect from upland Scotland, but it's got a beauty all its own :)

Kings Highway, Mickleton, New Jersey

African Slate has a striking realism to it and its natural mix of light and dark shades is difficult to compare to anything else. This example of an African Slate tiled floor was installed in the kitchen of a property in Mickleton, Gloucestershire, a town which is best known for its tradition of Read more at http://slate.tilecleaning.co.uk/restoring-old-slate-hallway-tiles/