We often visit open gardens during the weekends, and I love to take along my camera to capture all the things that I don’t have in my own garden. The only problem with this is, that I tend to want to take or buy all the plants home with me.

This shot came from a garden called Green Island Gardens nr. Colchester in Essex. It is such a beautiful and peaceful place to wonder around and has a lot of interest no matter what time of year you go. Spring is one of my favourite times as after a long winter, you get to see all the new things bursting out and filling our gardens.

Anyway, here is a shot of a wonderful Magnolia flower. And you can see the full size shot on my website: http://www.mhdigital.co.uk/Nature/Flower/