We took a trip to Mottisfont to see the rose garden. At this time of year, it is supposed to be at its best, so we made the short trip there one Sunday. We weren’t the only ones, which was no surprise. Even early in the day, the overflow car park was in use. As it turned out, we were all a bit late. The blooms had peaked early this year which, given how warm the spring has been is probably not hard to understand.

Even though the peak might have passed, there were still ample flowers to see, and they didn’t look too shabby. Getting shots of the larger garden with so many people in it wasn’t really going to be easy. Instead, I figured it was just a case of minimising the significance of the people where possible. Then you can go for some of the close ups of the individual roses. So many people were taking tons of photos with their phones. I wonder how many of them will ever be looked at let alone shared.