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I had the great privilege of being invited by friends to stay at Amisfield Tower this past weekend.
We had great weather to enable us to enjoy the wonderful gardens and the splendid scenery.
Amisfield Tower was built around 1600. It has four stories and an attic, rich in corbelling and turrets.
The castle rooms have fine fire-places and evidence of tempera wall-painting.
The Victorian mansionhouse itself is amazing as are the gardens from which you see in the photos below.
I thought it might be a good idea to drop a wee hint that it's my birthday this Thursday (so everyone here can be really nice to me) - and my favourite flowers are our Gerbera Gem Bouquet.
Hopefully I will come into a desk filled with flowers, cards and cakes :-)
Some little facts about Gerbera
1. There are several hundred varieties.
2. Growing in countries such as South America, Africa and Asia.
3. It was named in honor of the German doctor Traugott Gerber.
4. It is the 5th most popular cut flower in the world.
5. Commonly known as "African daisy"
6. The only colour NOT available is blue.
7. The plant is native to South Africa.
Kerryanne
