Smart Brecon | Veddw
Not too way back we made a go to to Brecon. This is not faraway from us, in case anyone was getting carried away regarding the danger that I’d want been travelling as soon as extra. It’s in Wales, in the Brecon Beacons, simply currently re-christened Bannau Brycheiniog.
We went to see an exhibition of labor by David Jones, on the library, museum and art work gallery (Y Gaer), which looks like this from the doorway.
Splendidly dignified and Victorian.
Nonetheless this from the once more:
New!
It is all very successfully revived and updated, nevertheless to this point, you could be pondering, so municipal. What’s attention-grabbing about that?
Successfully, we parked the car and had a wander. (I’m teasing you now…)
Charles, and the gesturing girl is, I think about, a statue of Boudica and daughters. All clothed you’ll be joyful to note.
Successfully, what I did not depend on on this municipal place was this:
I consider perhaps Calamagrostis × acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ with two persicarias. Mixing the persicarias is sweet.
and
What a cope with! And that’s municipal planting. Anyone has accomplished us proud.
Additional blended persicarias.
Charles found a bench which he immediately wanted thought-about certainly one of.
though there have been various and this wasn’t unhealthy each
Undecided why it’s pretty so huge. A platform for making speeches from?
The library appeared dramatic from proper right here:
And the planting went across the setting up
Charles set to work:
I am questioning for those who occur to’re shocked because of that’s extraordinary stuff the place you come from? Our municipal efforts usually appear to be this:
I don’t know what Brecon’s planting appeared like earlier within the summertime, and these are perennials, so there could be no quick shuffle of crops as a result of the season changes. (I hope) Maybe early summer time season was a bit uninteresting?
And there have been deader bits, merely to hearten us gardeners,
Nonetheless not unhealthy! It was a 90% delight. And it is so good to see a townscape complement its context:
Congratulations Brecon. And the Rich Brothers, I understand.
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Not too way back we made a go to to Brecon. This is not faraway from us, in case anyone was getting carried away regarding the danger that I’d want been travelling as soon as extra. It’s in Wales, in the Brecon Beacons, simply currently re-christened Bannau Brycheiniog. We went to see an exhibition of…