Laburnum

To Hampton Court for a picnic the day after the Derby, to find the laburnum arcade next to the maze as we have never found it before. In full flood, with the yellow of the laburnum nicely contrasted with the blue of the aliums planted down the sides below.

Plus quite a lot of other blossom of one sort or another out in the wilderness.

Rest of the gardens a little betwixt and between with the spring flowers over and the summer flowers only coming on. But there were a few foxgloves.

We also noticed that one of the rose beds in the rose garden had been dug up for renovation, mainly I think to get rid of perennial weeds. It all goes to show that even in gardens as carefully looked after as those at Hampton Court, you still have major maintenance work to do from time to time.