Saltram Gardens

The mild winter has brought the snowdrops and primroses out even though it is only December.  This was twice as unusual as summer flowers such as cranesbill and hydrengeas were also in bloom!

Saltram at Christmas

We went to Saltram planning to have a short walk around the gardens between showers.  At the reception we were told that a tour of the House was just about to start, so we joined this.  The theme of the tour was "Saltram at Christmas".  Some of the rooms were decorated for Christmas and as we walked around the guide explained how Christmas was celebrated through the ages at Saltram.

After looking around the house we did get our short walk around the gardens.  We were surprised to see the first snowdrop.

There were also some other flowers still out, such as white hydrengeas and another flower I did not recognise. that looked like it was related to orchids.  Some of the camelias were also showing colour.

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Eden Project

Eden is a great place to visit during the winter when it could rain at any time. We particularly went to visit the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition, which did not disappoint.  There were some stunning photos.

As we walked into the biodomes we saw daffodils flowering - only a couple of months early!

As usual there were lots of bright unusual plants to see in the tropical rainforest.



The new Bakery Shop situated between the two domes looked very enticing but in the Mediterranean Dome there were lovely smells of cooking and we chose to eat the Breton Fish Stew and Hungarian Bean Goulash there instead.  Delicious!

As we walked back to the Visitors Centre and Exit we noticed this shrub covered by berries, just as bright as the tropical flowers in the domes.