Fields of gold, originally uploaded by ayeupmeduck.
Photographer ayeupmeduck describes this April 2, 2009 image: The shot was taken at Highfields Park in Nottingham – given by Jesse Boot (the founder of Boots the Chemist) to the people of Nottingham in the early years of the 20th century. I don’t know what type of daffodils they are – just that there are lots of them!
Bowood Lake, originally uploaded by Canis Major.
Photographer Canis Major tells us about this Bowood Lake photo taken on April 4, 2009: The picture was taken in the gardens of Bowood House in the county of Wiltshire in SE England not far from the town of Chippenham. The grounds were designed by the famous landscape gardener Capability Brown. The house, built in 1725 is open to the public as are the gardens. One claim to fame is that it was at Bowood that Joseph Priestley discovered oxygen in 1774.
Interesting park!
Photographer rojabro tells us about this pretty image: It was taken on the afternoon of 31 March 2009, when I noticed the sunlight catching these daffodils on the steep bank down to the River North Tyne, in the garden of the George Hotel, Chollerford near Hexham in Northumberland.
For people wanting to look at daffodils, I have some photos from past years in this set, which may be of interest:
www.flickr.com/photos/rojabro/sets/72157608255812240/
There are some 200 varieties of daffodils at Thorp Perrow Arboretum in North Yorkshire, where the above shots were taken.
Also the garden at Constable Burton Hall in Wensleydale is known for its variety and scale of daffodil plantings. Pictures from past years can be found in this set:
www.flickr.com/photos/rojabro/sets/72157605522983511/
We just hit the daffodils jackpot.
Mottisfont Gardens, originally uploaded by neonbubble.
Photographer neonbubble tells us about this March 31, 2009 photograph: The image was taken at Mottisfont Abbey and Gardens, a National Trust heritage site in Hampshire, England. You can find out more information regarding the abbey and its gardens including location, history, and a photo gallery at this website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-mottisfont/.
Photographer Genuine dabber tells us about this April 2, 2009 image: It was taken in a park called “The Dingle” in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
The photographer comments: I got down really low for this shot and got some funny looks from the people sitting around.
Wordsworth Daffodil Garden, Grasmere, originally uploaded by byamossygnome.com.
A daffodils blog would not be authentic without a photograph taken at Grasmere. Photographer byamossygnome.com tells us: The picture was taken in the Wordsworth Daffodil Garden in the village of Grasmere in the English Lake District. They are wild daffodils – the sort which inspired Wordsworth’s poem about them after he saw them growing by the shores of Ullswater, a lake just a few miles away. Because Wordsworth lived in Grasmere, and his poem is so famous, many daffodils have now been planted there.
English Countryside, originally uploaded by miaculpa1.
Photographer miaculpa1 tells us about this March 20, 2009 photograph: The picture was taken in Chawton Alton, Hampshire UK just down the road (about two minute’s walking distance) from the Jane Austen house museum This was about three weeks ago and the weather was unseasonably warm and clear.
The daffodils there grow absolutely everywhere and are apparently the first flowers to bloom after each winter.
daffodils planted for the queen mum, originally uploaded by dolivia.
Photographer dolivia tells us these stately daffodils: The photo was taken on my recent trip to London (in February ’09). I took the photo because apparently there are no flowers planted in the whole park, except for the daffodils which were planted by school children to honor the Queen Mum.
This photograph was taken on February 23, 2009. It is likely the daffodils have come and gone by now, but we’re catching up in the posting of the photographs we have collected (now that our taxes are done!).
Daffodils, originally uploaded by Jen and Cam.
Photographer Jen and Cam tell us about this March 8, 2009 photo: I found this little clump of daffodils at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, Greater London. It’s the perfect time of year to visit Kew as spring flowers are in abundance including daffodils, snow drops & crocuses, some of which you can see in the background of this photo.
We are mesmerized by the colors in this photo. The blue in the background has a “water feel” to it, and we can’t resist images of daffodils and water.
Hill Hook Nature Reserve, originally uploaded by Shigatsuhana.
Photographer Shigatsuhana tells us about this March 15, 2009 image: Hill Hook Nature Reserve is on the site of an old mill in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England. This is usually our weekend walk. The daffodils are out now just scattered through the woods. The bluebells will be in bloom here in the next month or so.
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