Eight years ago at Domaine national de Saint-Cloud, long perspectives, quiet fountains and a calm place for family walk with a wild autumn light. 🍂💚

#timeandpeace
#SaintCloud #Paris #TravelMemories #FamilyTime #AutumnWalk #ParksAndGardens #TasteAndTime

A night scene of a figure walking down an avenue of birch trees lit by red pink and purple lighting

National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire 13.12.22

#ParksandGardens #FestiveLights
#scape #LandscapePhtography
#PhotigraphersofBlueSky

A photo looking out of a window at The Whitworth Gallery Manchester. A central silver column reflects lush green trees outside. Thd view is of the gardens outside full of green trees grass and vegetation

#Alphabetchallenge #WeekWForWindows #ParksAndGardens
The view from The Whitworth Gallery Manchester

#Toompark (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Cathedral park, sometimes known as #Šnelli park.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

#Lindamägi (Lindamägi)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Linda’s mountain or hill. Often called #LindamäePark. Built on top of the former #Swedish bastion, or #RootsiKants (?-1939, etc.), and known variously in the past as #Schwedenbastion (1907), etc.

#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

#Löwenruh’ (0)
#Tallinn #Kristiine #Lilleküla #Mooni
The sorry equivalent, if not archetype, of “#Dunroamin’”, roughly translating as #TheLionsRest. Park in Lilleküla named after the summer estate of #BaronFriedrichVonLöwen (1654-1744), #Governor of Tallinn, 1728-36.

#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

#SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgAugustenburg, mother of #PeterAugust, Duke of #SchleswigHolsteinSonderburgBeck, #GovernorGeneral of #Estonia (1758-62) and, incidentally, ancestor of the UK’s #CharlesIII.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#History #Ajalugu
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
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#Margareeta #aed (Margareeta)
#Margaret (garden, after the nearby tower). See #PaksMargareeta.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Leisure #VabaAeg
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

#Männipark (0)
#Tallinn #Mustamäe #Mustamäe
Sometimes spelled #Männi park. Pine park, a park in #Mustamäe.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
#Leisure #VabaAeg

#Meriaia (Meriaed)
#Tallinn #Pirita #Merivälja
Nautical garden, seaside gardens... As indeed it is, not a street.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Maritime #Merendus
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

Over half a tonne of glass cleared from Parks & Gardens this year ~ Phew!

A reminder of the positive impact you can have on the natural environment when make a commitment to help.

Here’s a wee film for a bit more detail 🚮

#ParksAndGardens #Regeneration #Volunteering

#Kitseaed (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Deer garden. Not a street but a miniature park at the junction of #Nunne and #Lai, featuring a copy of the 1929 #Metskits (roe deer) statue by #Koorti J., after whom the park is sometimes known.
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
#Art #Kunst

Record Green Flag Awards For UK Parks & Green Spaces In recognition of achieving the international quality standard for parks and green spaces, 2,250 parks and green spaces across the UK gained a Green Flag

Record Green Flag Awards for UK parks & green spaces in 2025. ... read more on thedirt.news #GreenFlagAwards #Greenspaces #KeepBritainTidy #parksandgardens
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Fresh leaves of the ginkgo tree in Hõlmikpuuhaljak, Tallinn.

Newly-installed benches in Hõlmikpuuhaljak, Tallinn, allowing passers-by to sit, relax and contemplate the car park opposite...

Picnic in Hõlmikpuuhaljak, Tallinn.

Footpath across in Hõlmikpuuhaljak, Tallinn, towards Pärnu maantee.

#Hõlmikpuuhaljak (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Tatari
Ginkgo green. After, no surprise, a gingko (which is how most people spell it wrong) in the park on the corner of #Süda P. and #Pärnu.
#Trees #Puud
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
#Nature #Loodus
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names

Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Tiigiveski park.

Shady walkway in Tiigiveski park, Tallinn. Maybe I ought to say 'shaded' instead of 'shady', but you get what I mean. Tallinn is generally a safe city.

I have yet to see a park in Tallinn, here Tiigiveski park, with no games area for children.

View of the Tiigiveski park, Tallinn, with high-rises in the background.

#Tiigiveski (Tiigiveski)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Keldrimäe
Pond mill. Park, not street, named after one-time mill dating back to the 13th C, once the largest on the #Härjapea river in #Keldrimäe, on a weir-retained pond.
#WaterRelatedStreets #VeeteedeTänavad
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

First-floor courtyard of the Tai Boh restaurant at ViruVärav 23, Tallinn.

First-floor courtyard of the Tai Boh restaurant at ViruVärav 23, Tallinn.

Interior of Tai Boh restaurant, ViruVärav 23, Tallinn.

Modern portait of former Estonian President Ilves in the Tai Boh restaurant, ViruVärav 23, Tallinn.

#Bastioni [aed] (Bastion)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn
Bastion. Not a street, but a garden/park named in 1989 for its proximity to the #Tallinn defensive walls, and no longer a garden, but a terrace?... Located at ///fidget.slightly.below, which is not much help.
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
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Overhaul Statutory Consultees In Planning System Government announced a review of the statutory consultees system in the planning process which includes the potential removal of The Gardens Trust as statutory consultee.

The Gardens Trust could be stripped of statutory consultee role in planning system ...read more on thedirt.news #NationalPlanningPolicyFramework #Planning #TheGardensTrust #parksandgardens #conservation #newdevelopments
thedirt.news/planning-ove...

#Kadriorg (0)
Catherine’s valley. Being both the name of a Sub-district and a valley, sensu estoniano, this is in the nominative, but often referred to or conflated with #Kadrioru.
#Tallinn #Kesklinn
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad
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#parksandgardens Clarke Gardens, Liverpool 🇬🇧

Two birds sitting together looking for fishes. Fall colors of bright oranges and yellows.

Lens flare shows a field of greens, yellow and oranges on a brisk day in winter.

Today’s Daily Picture Post themes are:

#parksandgardens
#cruising

Tomorrow’s themes are:
#photographerschoice
Black and white or color!

My pics:
Birds cruising for dinner. A golden fall day in Iruma.
Post Your pics only. No links. 2 posts max.

#DailyPictureThemes #DailyPicturePost

Today’s Daily Picture Post themes are:
#heat
#family

Tomorrow’s themes are:
#parksandgardens
#cruising

My picks!
Heat.
And a call for people to be kind to returning Swallows families who nest in the spring.

Post Your pics only. No links. 2 posts max.

#DailyPictureThemes #DailyPicturePost

Almost every budget should be looked at through a climate lens, even #ParksAndGardens.

A black and white photograph of a quiet bandstand in a park. The shape is round, the railings are painted black and gold and a metal conical roof has a finial atop it. It is surrounded by mature trees, flowerbeds, lawns and benches.

Bonny Bandstand, 2022
A black and white #photograph of this alluring #bandstand
in a public park in Cumbria.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekBforB #ParksandGardens #PhotoOfTheDay #monochromephotography

Linear Park at the port,.Málaga City.

#parksandgardens #malagacity #grasshopperwilding #decemberinmalaga

This vintage black and white postcard shows a distinctive tower building on a hill of grassland with a small number of trees. The tower flys a flag, the Union Jack.

Lyme Park, Stockport c1948
People might not know that #Stockport was once part of the ancient County Palatine of Chester ruled by the earls of Cheshire. This #postcard by Lilywhite & Brighouse shows a building called "The Cage" in #Lyme Park.
#localhistory #parksandgardens #vintagepostcards