Summer In The Time Of Covid-19

Summer was a wonderful time, especially in retrospect, as the virus withdrew and better weather in June and July especially allowed people to wander farther afield. On this page, we show images from June 2020 onwards sent in by CGT members and friends. Click on any image to see it enlarged and step through the gallery. Images from other seasons may be found on sub-menus below the homepage.

If you have a photo that you would like to share, please send it as an email attachment to the Editor, Phil Christie, via the link admin@cambridgeshiregardenstrust.org.uk Please add a short caption to each image, with information including the date, where the photo was taken, the name of the plant, tree, bird etc. You can add your name or remain anonymous, as you prefer.

  • 23 August 2020 Dragonfly in the garden at Hamerton (photo Rosemary Way).
  • 29 July 2020 Lilies arrayed more grandly than Solomon (photo Rosemary Way).
  • 25 July 2020 Punica granatum v. nana, a gift from the late Sir Henry Cecil, in vivid flower at Moulton, Suffolk (photo Melvyn Skelton).
  • 7 July 2020 A random mix of lychnis, heleniums, campanulas and daisies in Teal Cottage (photo Judith Christie).
  • 1 July 2020 Hot summer colour from Mimulus aurantiacus and Fuchsia fulgens in Hemingford Abbots (photo Bridget Flanagan).
  • 1 July 2020 Agapanthus in full bloom in Hemingford Abbots (photo Bridget Flanagan).
  • 22 June 2020 Pictorial meadow flowers along the same rill shown on 14 May (photo Gillian Cox).
  • 9 June 2020 Rear of house at Rippington with two rose bushes (photo Peter Johnson).
  • 8 June 2020 Deutzia Longifolia from Kew, Abbots Ripton estate (photo Lord De Ramsey).
  • 8 June 2020 Philadelphus Abbots Ripton hybrid (photo Lord De Ramsey).
  • 7 June 2020 After the wistera but sadly no NGS visitors at Island Hall, Godmanchester (photo Christopher Vane Percy).
  • 7 June 2020 Spiral topiary and clipped hedging at Island Hall, Godmanchester (photo Christopher Vane Percy).
  • 2 June 2020 Striking peonies at Rippington (photo Peter Johnson).
  • 31 May 2020 Cygnet brood ignoring social distancing at Island Hall, Godmanchester (photo Christopher Vane Percy).