Packing In The Desk Job!

I shot this as I cycled home last week. The light was going and the gardeners in Hyde Park were tidying up after an eight hour shift meticulously tying in wayward branches on the pleached lime trees along the Rose Garden. I paced it out and while you can't see all of it in this picture, it's about 200 yards long. They've already been at this job a week now and it'll probably take two in total.

In summer the branches form tight green squares as a backdrop to a magnificent display of rambling and climbing roses but thinking about a shift on top of staging on a cold, wet, winter day, office gossip around the water cooler seems quite a perk.

Comments

[Joanna]

Cycling home from work through Hyde Park, gardening on the Downs ... how long does your commute take? And do you always bike?

----Joanna - I only get to garden on the allotment and by the Downs at weekends meanwhile I'm in London with an 8mile round trip on the bike - takes about half an hour. A daily ride to the Downs would be a bit much! Though I did cycle from Guildford to Shoreham a few weeks ago along the abandoned rail line now restored as a green corridor - not very thrilling but did nearly 50 miles in four and half hours! All part of training for a ride from Seville to Salamanca in Spring.

[Sue Swift]

Will you post a photo of the trees in the summer too John? I'd love to see the final effect.

-----Hi Sue, I've put it in the diary though nudge me if you don't see anything up by June!