The quintessential summer garden

It seems so effortless and yet they are all beavering away, those keen gardeners,  early morning and late afternoon. Those long summer evenings when the long shadows fall and the smell of wet grass and honeysuckle rise up to greet you. I love this time of year, it seems such a short time in the Indian calender so being back in Europe for a while it is an opportunity to absorb it and be lost in it. I have chosen some of the quintessential garden beauties that I have come across in my travels including some pictures of the one I left behind in Switzerland.

Quintesentially Anglais ?

My Cherry tree

The resident couple walking on our lawn