Once upon a time there was a little seed which fell onto the soft earth. It felt quite at home there and decided to settle down. Over the years it was sustained by sun and rain and slowly grew.

Some years later we stumbled upon it.

Towards the end of September we visited Hergest Croft Gardens again which is where we found the Purple Beech and what a magnificent tree it is. We have one of those growing in front of the house and we keep it trimmed to prevent it from growing to that size and blocking all the light from the front of the house. I wish we had the space to let it grow.

This fruit is growing on a tree and I’ll give you one guess as to what the tree’s name is. You’re right – it’s a Strawberry Tree.

There were plenty of other trees bearing colourful fruit.

There are also a number of trees in Hergest Croft Gardens which have rather interesting bark.

There were also some impressive, large, fungi.

There are still flowers at this time of year as this Azalea shows. Quite a large colourful specimen.

Flowers are not the only source of colour as the leaves on the trees are starting to turn.

On this trip we saw, growing along both sides of this path, even more Naked Ladies than on our last visit.

This was a rather striking bush where the leaves were much more noticeable than its tiny white flowers.

There is so much to see here that we plan to make a number of return visits and, being in Kington, it is only a 30 minute drive from us.

Do you want to see any more of Hergest Croft Gardens?