Bursting with bird song and Spring colour – take a gentle stroll through Tankerness House Gardens, Kirkwall.
“The primrose, pale for love uncomforted” March & its Flowers
Extract from Ravenna by Oscar Wilde A year ago I breathed the Italian air, -And yet, methinks this northern Spring is fair,-These fields made golden with the flower of March,The throstle singing […]
Signs of Spring: Kirkwall
In the centre of Kirkwall there are signs of Spring as bulbs flower and there’s the prospect of more to come with their shoots peeping through. A walk round Tankerness House Gardens […]
Signs of Spring: Finstown
The mornings are lighter and the days are getting that little bit longer. A short walk around the community park in Finstown shows too that Spring is here despite being a dreich […]
Welcome Signs of Spring
Images by John Mowat The snowdrops, crocuses & primula are flowering again regardless of last week’s gales. To a snowdrop by William Wordsworth
Flower Festival 2023
The theme of the 2023 Flower Festival by Kirkwall Flower Arrangement Club is ‘An Annual Event’. Images of the amazing displays.
Pretty as a Picture at Pickie
The borders and planted tubs are magnificent at the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall just now.
Remember
Image by Rosie Hopkins, Words by Joy Harjo
Walking Orkney: Stromness, Ness to Warbeth
This short easy walk takes you along the beautiful shoreline of Stromness.
Fascination with Plants
Today, 18th of May, is Fascination with Plants Day. This is an international celebration of the wonder of plants.