A Village Bower!

EAST TRENT CHURCHES
Besthorpe, Clifton, Collingham,
Girton, Harby, Holme, Langford, South Scarle, Thorney, Winthorpe

A Village Bower!

Welcome to our Village Bower. Please take a seat, or look round if you feel inclined; or just absorb the peace.

God's Garden (1913)
(by Dorothy Frances Gurney 1858 - 1932)

The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's Heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.

This Village garden shows an extremely pretty but cold February snow scene. But Spring is just round the corner! Photo © by the Editorial Team. Click to see full picture, and click Back Arrow (<-- top left) to return.

A bright splash of December colour and foliage with Winter Jasmine and Ivy on a garden fence in the village. Photo © by the Editorial Team. Click to see full picture, and click Back Arrow (<-- top left) to return.

Heralds of Spring - Snowdrops (with a group of Polyanthus). Signs that Winter is coming to an end, and that Spring is on its way for one more year. Photo © by the Editorial Team. Click to see full picture, and click Back Arrow (<-- top left) to return.

A touch of Spring, Daffodils in a Parish verge. Photo © by David Collins. Click to see full picture, and click Back Arrow (<-- top left) to return.

Further Spring promises. Primroses in the corner of a village garden. Photo © by David Collins. Click to see full picture, and click Back Arrow (<-- top left) to return.

And in another corner of the bower some lovely bluebells (and Celandines?) . Photo © by David Collins. Click to see full picture, and click Back Arrow (<-- top left) to return.

'Summer is a-comin' in, loudly sing Cuckoo'. Some early Lilac and late Laburnum herald the season of swallows and warmer weather . . . Photo © by David Collins. Click to see full picture, and click Back Arrow (<-- top left) to return.

Roses in the rain. Summer has arrived. But wet or not, there is nothing so striking as a rose. Photo © by the Editorial Team. Click to see full picture, and click Back Arrow (<-- top left) to return.

The garden Year
(by Sara Coleridge 1802 - 1852)

January brings the snow,
Makes our feet and fingers glow.

February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lake again.

March brings breezes, loud and shrill,
To stir the dancing daffodil.

April brings the primrose sweet,
Scatters daisies at our feet.

May brings flocks of pretty lambs,
Skipping by their fleecy dams.

June brings tulips, lilies, roses,
Fills the children's hands with posies.

Hot July brings cooling showers,
Apricots and gillyflowers.

August brings the sheaves of corn,
Then the harvest home is borne.

Warm September brings the fruit;
Sportsmen then begin to shoot.

Fresh October brings the pheasant;
Then to gather nuts is pleasant.

Dull November brings the blast;
Then the leaves are whirling fast.

Chill December brings the sleet,
Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.

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