Plantasia

We recently took advantage of somewhat better weather, which although cold and dry, was bright and sunny, and got out into the countryside. Well, it was sort of countryside, but attached to one of our local garden centres as some 30 acres of natural parkland. Dobbies have done a pretty good job of establishing the park, which contains trees, lakes and some wildlife. I'm not sure what it will be like in the summer if it becomes too popular, but as a winter retreat (especially at the lower winter price rates) it was a very enjoyable couple of hours.















The lakes had a thin layer of ice which gave perfect conditions for capturing the reflections.

There was a little bit of the theme park feeling which I am sure that the children will enjoy, with features such as the Treetop Trail which enables you to get up close and personal with the vegetation.















The view whilst the trees had no leaves was excellent. No doubt when they are fully clothed with foliage they will have a different appeal.















There are several types of deer to be seen, which obliged by coming to the nearside of their enclosure.




















Part of the park is given over to mazes which I am sure will become a great attraction when fully developed. This was from part of the Japanese Trellis Maze, but there are also Canadian, Australian, African, Antarctic and English Mazes for you to lose yourself and your children in. By the time we got to this area we were suffering from exposure and so opted out of most of it to take refuge in the interactive exhibition area. Again, really aimed at kids, but we felt that we could find something of interest in here as well.

All in all a good outing. There are more pictures to be found on my Smugmug Galleries.

Information about the park can be seen at Plantasia