Steffie Shields MBE Full Member
September brings that softer mellow fruiful light to the old apple tree, Malus domestica Winston
Location: Lincolnshire
A grape vine latches onto and supports a bending Allium 'Summer Drummer' and it looks as if Nature has been knitting!
Location: Lincolnshire
A country garden tennis court surrounded by a magnificent rose collection
Location: Rhyall, Rutland
Early evening sunshine paints the leaves of the trees and just touches the shrub rose 'Maigold' on the garden boundary
Location: Lincolnshire
Last few rays of sunshine light up a fabulous exhocorda macrantha 'The Bride' in full blossom
Location: Lincolnshire
Striking waves of Iris reticulata in the birch grove at Brightwater Gardens
Location: Saxby, Lincolnshire
Leaves of Liquidambar styraciflua 'Worplesdon', a sweet gum, turn into dramatic colours of gold, orange and maroon against a brilliant blue sky
Location: Lincolnshire
The Spindle tree, Euonymus europaeus, has surprisingly vibrant orange and crimson leaves come October
Location: Lincolnshire
A cluster of honey garlic buds, Nectaroscordum siculum, begins to open for the spring show
Location: Lincolnshire
A garden walk with afternoon sunlight highlighting a carpet of snowdrops and oriental hellebores
Location: Lincolnshire
A view to the walled garden through the window of Fydell House
Location: Boston, Lincolnshire
The new David Austin Rosa 'Elizabeth', a soft, delicate pink with hints of warm apricot in the centre, named to honour HM The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
Location: Lincolnshire
A burst of pastel colours under the trees
Location: Dunholme Lodge, Lincolnshire
A surprise snowfall in a Lincolnshire garden on the last day of March
Location: Lincolnshire
This enduring old cultivar set off by spring day-lily foliage
Location: Lincolnshire
A sophisticated,modern Triumph tulip, pink with a hint of salmon, has form-even in the rain!
Location: Lincolnshire
The Hyacinth Walk offers peace of mind with a delightful array of spring gems and the fragrant perfume of fresh hyacinths
Location: Lincolnshire
Cornus 'Mid-winter Fire' working its magic on a frosty winter's morning!
Location: Lincolnshire
A shaft of afternoon sunlight picks out a circle of leaves like a catherine wheel: Cotinus 'Grace' on the 5th November, an appropriate display of fireworks
Location: Lincolnshire
An intricate pattern of box ball and cone topiary is immaculately clipped - a marked contrast to the relaxed, overflowing, colourful herbaceous border beyond
Location: Sturton by Stow, Lincolnshire
Rosa 'Munstead Wood' with curvaceous petals lit by afternoon light and shade seems like red velvet
Location: Lincolnshire
Nectaroscordum siculum flowers first emerging in soft, early morning light
Location: Lincolnshire
The joy of new rainbow colours amidst fresh spring foliage
Location: Lincolnshire
Single white Colchicum 'Album' and double, violet -pink Colchicum autumnale 'Water Lily' amongst the first fall of leaves
Location: Lincolnshire
Rosa 'Joseph's Coat' petals seems particularly rich in colour this summer,like scarlet velvet
Location: Lincolnshire
An orange-tip butterfly, the spring butterfly, on cow parsley
Location: Lincolnshire
Snakeshead fritillaries nodding in long-awaited sunshine
Location: Lincolnshire
Dipsacus fullonum; striking dried-up teasel seedheads still reaching for the sky
Location: Carlton Scroop, Lincolnshire
The Grass Terrace and Long Border at Hotel Endsleigh, a surviving Humphry Repton design
Location: Devon