{"id":723,"date":"2020-06-02T15:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T15:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=723"},"modified":"2020-06-02T15:38:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T15:38:59","slug":"june-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"June 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When a tree breaks out in all its blossom or a flower breaks out in full bloom, and nobody sees it\u2026 what is that called?\u00a0 A shame?\u00a0 A blooming shame?\u00a0 Maybe just, Nature?\u00a0 It\u2019s been hard to watch the passing of a beautiful May without any visitors at all in Knebworth House Gardens.\u00a0 I can print for you an image of the Gardens\u2019 \u2018champion\u2019 snowdrop tree in all its May splendour.\u00a0 In black &amp; white at least you get a sense of its stunning blanket of snow blossom.\u00a0 But it\u2019s a poor match for seeing it for real.<\/p>\n<p>Nature says May will be round again next year.\u00a0 As will the many Knebworth Park events that have had to be cancelled this summer.\u00a0 And who knows?\u00a0 Maybe the upcoming summer months may see the Gardens deemed safe to open.\u00a0 The Government uses a broad brush in making these determinations, seeing us as more Alton Towers or Legoland than a Garden Centre.\u00a0 But if it does, Knebworth House Gardens will be ready with any required precautions to welcome you, and \u2018since to look at things in bloom\u2019 does wonders for the general gloom, let\u2019s hope we can do so safely and soon.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Lytton Cobbold<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HenryCobboldKH\">@HenryCobboldKH<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-724 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Snowdrop-Tree-May-2020-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"161\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Snowdrop-Tree-May-2020-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Snowdrop-Tree-May-2020-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Snowdrop-Tree-May-2020.jpg 1015w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/161;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When a tree breaks out in all its blossom or a flower breaks out in full bloom, and nobody sees it\u2026 what is that called?\u00a0 A shame?\u00a0 A blooming shame?\u00a0 Maybe just, Nature?\u00a0 It\u2019s been hard to watch the passing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=723\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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