Bridgnorth Castle Garden Since moving to Bridgnorth, one of my favorite hobbies has been exploring the sometimes hidden, usually unexpected and always plentiful areas of beauty that this town has to offer. Initially, these missions were inspired by a desire to catalogue all of the places I'd like to one day use as a backdrop for a photoshoot (you can view some more of these posts here), but after spending so much time walking around the town while training for the Bridgnorth Walk, I've developed a genuine enjoyment from just getting away from my desk, strolling around no matter the weather, and admiring the things that are so easily taken for granted when you become used to your environment.  I still wouldn't exactly describe myself as outdoorsy, but moving here has reawakened a fascination with unpredictability of the nature that surrounds us, and I'm hoping that with my camera in hand Ill have an excuse to keep this spark ignited, and to get back in the habit of using my (spare) camera for something that's just for me.  

So I decided to start this little project where I started.  

Bridgnorth Castle Garden

The castle garden in Bridgnorth was first place I fell in love with in this town, a place I would walk to every morning with my daughter, so she could play while I adjusted to my new surroundings. It's just so impossibly pretty there, so well cared for, and in July it's arguably at it's prettiest. Every flower is in bloom, every lawn perfectly tended. There's a nature  walk, and a veggie patch, military themed topiary, a bandstand and a gravity defying wall that people keep insisting to me 'is' a castle, though I'm sure anybody would have a hard time living in it, in its current state. There's a bandstand and little stream and views of the Severn Valley Railway where you can sit and watch the steam trains go by. And it doesn't matter when I visit, I've watched the sunrise there in the dead of winter, kicked the leaves along the castle walk in the autumn, made daisy chains for Rory in the springtime and enjoyed the ice cream in the summer, it's always beautiful and always different.

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