{"id":5610,"date":"2020-02-16T15:04:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T15:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5610"},"modified":"2020-02-16T15:04:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T15:04:15","slug":"a-late-winter-visit-to-trentham-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5610","title":{"rendered":"A late winter visit to Trentham Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Trentham Gardens are not too far from where with live so, with the incentive of a 2-for-1 offer, we decided to visit them earlier this week. It was a glorious sunny winter&#8217;s day &#8211; a marked change from the storms a few days earlier. It is nice to see the how they are beginning to change with the end of winter approaching. Here are a few of the photos taken on this visit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First is a view from the side of the lake looking north:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1097r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1097r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1097r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1097r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1097r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1097r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Further along the lake are a collection of stainless steel sculptures of giant dandelions &#8211; this one has a fairy clinging to it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1112r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1112r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1112r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1112r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1112r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1112r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many of these fairy sculptures around the grounds &#8211; I think they are magnificent &#8211; I wish I could afford one!:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1118r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1118r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1118r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1118r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1118r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1118r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then we have this view of the gardens. A lot of cutting back and preparations for the spring have been made:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1139r1-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1139r1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1139r1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1139r1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1139r1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1139r1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, at the northern end of the gardens we have this row of trees forming a tunnel. At this time of the year it is a bit sparse but still effective:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1154r1-400x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1154r1-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1154r1-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1154r1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/F20B1154r1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trentham Gardens are not too far from where with live so, with the incentive of a 2-for-1 offer, we decided to visit them earlier this week. It was a glorious sunny winter&#8217;s day &#8211; a marked change from the storms a few days earlier. It is nice to see the how they are beginning to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5610\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A late winter visit to Trentham Gardens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,94,70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden","category-staffordshire","category-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5611,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5610\/revisions\/5611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pmstudios.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}