Flowers and Butterflies

I took a quick trip out to Savill Gardens for some "Flower Friday" inspiration, and perhaps the chance for some quick sketching and a coffee or ice cream.

The gardens have really started blooming since my last visit and it was delightful to see an abundance of butterflies and other insects flitting around; so many more than last year.  Some of my favourite flowers are the coneflowers (Echinacea) and heleniums, which were blooming in the summer borders. They were clearly popular with butterflies and bees too, as they were literally buzzing with life.

I never did get that coffee/ice cream and clearly wasn't in the right frame of mind for sketching as my page remained blank (apart from some pencil rubbings out!). It was a good afternoon out though.