An Exotic Visitor

We get many visitors in the garden at Norton Conyers, although none as exotic as yesterdays. A big do was planned for invited guests of the national open gardens scheme hosted by the sponsors Investec, whose logo happens to be a zebra. A good job it wasn't a real one as the peonies might have been in danger! Imagine our surprise when the beast arrived in a large wagon during the morning, it was nothing compared with that of the real horse that happened to be grazing in the paddock next door though!
The garden is just about reaching its peek now and if you visit in the next couple of weeks you'll see the peony border in all its glory.

"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity"
John Ruskin