Garden
Seed Heads Sam Fry, Trainee Gardener
The High Border in late summer, Cardoon seed heads in top right
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eptember marks halfway through my traineeship at the Inner Temple Garden. This brings a period of reflection on how much I have learned so far, and how much I have yet to learn. The Garden in September remains prominent in my mind. I was so excited last year to be embarking on my traineeship in this celebrated Garden. Mental images of the towering High Border, bursting at the seams with Salvias, Miscanthus, and Cardoons have stayed with me. The biscuity seed heads of the Cardoons, Cyrnara cardunculus, fluffy in the low light between the warm spires of Salvias, Dahlias and ornamental grasses. All set against the backdrop of the changing colors of the Crimson Glory Vine, Vitis coignetiae. This moment in the calendar marks a phenomenal season of horticultural interest.
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Vitis turning red with Clematis tangutica ‘Lambton Park’ seed heads
Something I have found exciting at the Inner Temple Garden is the planting across the Garden draws from the whole spectrum of a plant’s life cycle. Working Michaelmas Term
