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At the edge of woodland in a city park wild plants are in reproduction mode. At first glance this tangle of Cleavers, Brambles and Nettles looks chaotic but there is a natural order in place - everything is making the most of its alloted space. |
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A family of Thistles preparing to release their angel seeds in the wind. |
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This sturdy16th century wall continues to mark the boundary between community woodland and Royal Park in central Edinburgh. |
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On the other side .... Follow the path into Holyrood Park in my post "Royal Park" .... HERE |
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It’s great to see these wild and tangled areas with food and cover for wildlife. Soon all those thistles will produce a seed bonanza for finches.
ReplyDeleteWild flowers carry their own quiet charm, and most of them are healing plants too
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much love...
I have a small area in my garden that is mostly nettles & brambles I think that a hedgehog has taken up residence in there so I'm leaving it alone so as not to disturb her. We visited Edinburgh a couple of years ago and really enjoyed touring Holyrood, happy days.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!!!
ReplyDeleteI would love to walk down that path next to that old wall! It's like stepping back in time! Looks like something in a movie I would enjoy! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteI enjoy seeing wild tangles of plants, as well as more restrained growth. Nature is so exuberant and it doesn't take long for untended parcels to return to wildness. Love the stone wall meandering through.
ReplyDeleteLove a "wild" garden like this, as long as there are beautiful colored flowers blooming to make it worth the work:) And the stone wall gives it a sense of history! The lovely views are welcomed by All Seasons, which is a significant and thoughtful experience:)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful walk Ruby! The path picture is calling me to follow it (I wish I could)...love exploring places like that! And the wildflowers are lovely...I like the way they grow ...and you described it so well.
ReplyDeleteHi i would love to follow through that path at the last picture, look what is beyond and of course photograph butterflies i will see along!
ReplyDeleteSo very pretty.
ReplyDelete...Ruby, thanks for sharing some of nature's beautiful treasures! How the natural world works is amazing. Thanks for the visit, enjoy your week. 😀
ReplyDeleteWild things, thistles and Nettles are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHi! Blooming wild plants are very beautiful. Looking at your photos,I feel weight of the history. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteOh love wildflowers ~ great photos!
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A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
We are blessed with such profusion of wild plants and flowers, aren't we? I've heard it said that with this unusually fine weather and little rain, plants, wild and otherwise, are further ahead in their growth cycle than usual. I've noticed in my garden, a bumper crop of sweet scented clover flowers, I don't remember anything like that before, so I've been cutting the grass around them. Many have withered now, but not all.
ReplyDeletethanks for these great photos
M xx
Beautiful glimpses of your summer.
ReplyDeleteWalls are wonderful when they are old and full of story.
Lovely days and nights to you Ruby!
My favorite kind of walk! Thanks for taking us along!
ReplyDeleteWhat an exquisitely enchanting post..so much wild and natural beauty to behold! I love seeing nature's poetry..unfolding just as it is. I love thistles..so magical..and I love what you wrote about them..that brought a wonderful vision to my mind.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a beautiful day, so lovely to explore your gorgeous world again!
Victoria
That's what I love about wild plants and flowers, they make the most of what they've got and maintain a feral beauty while doing it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a magical place, tucked away. I love how wildlife can take over an area and transform it into a place of natural beauty. Sorry for the delay visiting you and missing your posts, it has been so warm here and blogging has been slow. Great to get to visit you again. Hope you are enjoying the summer!
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