Sunday 24 July 2011

I spent the day in Nottingham recently and wandered up to the Castle. I was delighted to find this magnificent Robin Hood in the grounds. He's made of a wire frame, stuffed with compost and planted with about 3,500 tiny plants. It's the attention to detail I like so much - the three pheasant feathers for his cap, and the spare arrows in his quiver. Rufford Tenants' and Residents' Association, who made this fine piece of vegetable work, are to be congratulated. I'm not sure this kind of British municipal park decoration crosses cultures though; as I took the photo, a party of French visitors were guffawing away behind me.

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