On Tuesday, I took a walking detour into Sheffield's Botanical Gardens - mostly to see if any spring flowers had burst out of winter. Surprisingly, the carpets of colourful crocuses were still dormant and so only clumps of snowdrops and primroses were evident.
I also took a few close-up photos of the splendid "Pan: Spirit of the Woods" statue that stands in the rose garden area. By the way, the middle picture is not my own. I just inserted it so that you would have some idea of what the statue as a whole looks like.
Below, snowdrops gather around a memorial tree planted in 1993 in memory of Sheffield resident, William Sutton. Below that some primroses I spotted.
Though I know that I have previously shared pictures of the magnificent Victorian glasshouse designed by Joseph Paxton, here's another one....
Soon after this I walked down Brocco Bank to Endcliffe Park where I took a picture of The Endcliffe Park Toad by Jason Thomson. It was installed in December 2024 and is made from steel - replacing an earlier version that was carved from dead wood. Hopefully, the new one will last a lot longer...
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