The walled garden at Temple Newsam would once have provided food for the occupants of the big house, but it is now filled with a wide variety of decorative plants and flowers. It was a blaze of colour when I visited a few days ago, and alive with the hum of bees.
There were many Globe Artichokes in various locations and I was fortunate enough to capture this bee on flower the flower of one of them. They usually fly away long before I get my camera in place! I do feel perhaps it was so intent on collecting pollen it gave me time to take a picture.
Fabulous close up. I didn't know globe artichokes can be decorative. Here we cut them, cook and eat th hearts and the innerside of the thick leaves with our spring and summer recipes.
@sangwann
The walled garden would have been used to grow both food and plants for the house. I suspect these like the sunflowers reflect the practice of growing something decorative that can be used for food.We eat them here too.
Katharine
August 12th, 2020
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Katharine
The walled garden would have been used to grow both food and plants for the house. I suspect these like the sunflowers reflect the practice of growing something decorative that can be used for food.We eat them here too.
Katharine