Sheffield Botanical Gardens

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Originally uploaded by ellarien.

The Botanical Gardens are looking great these days. After years of neglect, they had a major, lottery-funded makeover for the Millennium, and by now the new plantings are settling in, so that it really looks beautiful rather than just offering the promise of looking beautiful in a year or two; the roses are availing themselves of the climbing frames provided, and the last remaining empty beds have been planted.



These yellow flowers (datura -- thanks, gwyneira!) , on a vine climbing the roof-beams of the restored glasshouses, were big enough to make a hat for a small child.