Snowdrops and other delights at Doddington Hall 2026 (part two)

Here are more photos from the visit to Doddington Hall last weekend.  

I do enjoy photos where you are looking through door or gates or hedges.

Here is a close up of the rhododendron which you can just see in the middle of the previous photo.

It is such a peaceful place.

This is looking at the back of the house, and there will be lots of bearded irises in flower here later in the Spring.  Look at that blue sky - something we haven't seen that much of this dull, grey, wet winter.

We saw a single iris, probably a reticulata, which was just going over, but which had very painterly stripes.

Around the ancient sweet chestnut trees (at least 450 years old), there were more crocuses, early daffodils, cyclamen and snowdrops.

Those trees are incredible.

The crocuses were loving the sunshine.

Back in the kitchen garden, the bug hotel 'sculptures' were looking good.

These birch tree trunks had been drilled to provide more insect homes - perhaps for solitary bees.  They made a striking feature too.

It was a lovely visit and the weather made it so much more enjoyable.