Flowers for a Queen

Herb Robert in a limestone wall

'There's nothing there, just weeds. Why are you photographing weeds?' she asked. 
Nothing but a limestone wall and a hay meadow winter-grazed by Herdwicks to bring forth lady's smock, then yellow rattle and diverse flowers. The high  wall  is a nursery of ferns, of toadflax and Herb Robert.  And overnight comes a profusion of the tiny white flowers of rue-leaved saxifrage. Rare on Scout Scar, it thrives  atop a wall on Queen's Road overlooking blossoming trees in an old orchard and the fells beyond. A precious place off a busy road where Nature thrives.  Queen's Place and Queen's Road, named for Catherine Parr whose family were castellans at Kendal.  But for Coronation Day I think Rue-leaved Saxifrage is fit for Queen Camilla.
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With King Charles and Queen Camilla being keen gardeners I reckon they'd appreciate this old orchard and dry stone wall with niches of flowers on Queen's Road.   To the east, the high wall  flourishes like a rockery and it's packed with surprise finds. To the west are Victorian/ Edwardian houses with mature trees abutting Kendal Golf Course.  They're a haven for wildlife and walk to the Golf Course and you'll see early purple orchid and cuckoo flower flourishing in the rough.  A flock of long-tailed tits moved through the trees, chiff-chaff were calling and a raven flew overhead.  This week swifts have returned to breed and I could hear them high in the clouds.