Summer has somewhat unexpectedly returned this week, so it seemed like a good time to visit Calke's walled garden with its palm trees looking suitably exotic in the heat.
The formal beds around the trees are looking a bit ragged as summer draws to an end but there are still flowers here and in the herbaceous borders attracting bees and butterflies
And just over the wall, dahlias line the path with flowers of almost all shapes, sizes and colours.
Through another gateway lies the kitchen garden but before dashing into it, stop and admire (and smell, because the roses are heavily scented) the flower beds which curve on either side away from the gate.
In the vegetable beds, scarecrows are hard at work supervising all that goes on, keeping birds away, and watching the pumpkins and apples swell.
I'd thought my apple trees at home had a lot of fruit this year but nothing like this abundance!
Our route to the exit took us by the deer enclosure. 'Let;s just go and see if any are nearby', I said. And they were. Right by the fence again, more interested in grass than me trying to peer over and take photos.
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