This is so lovely. Can I move in? LOL

These kinds of natural woodlands are diminishing in the UK due to pressure from housing, road expansion etc. It was so wonderful to see these beautiful native bluebells on such a massive scale - and the scent was fabulous!

@kniphofia, Your photo delighted me when I saw it in the contest. This phenomenon of English Bluebell woods is such an absolute delight to encounter.

When living for a year in Norwich on a teaching exchange in 1990, my mother came over from British Columbia to visit for a month. On a day's outing to Beth Chatto's Garden, near Colchester, we were returning by way of Lavenham, and stopped at a roadside stand to buy fresh Asparagus. We were persuaded by the owner, to take a slight detour to Lavenham, so that we could see a natural stand of Bluebells in the woods. It was breath-takingly beautiful! Very reminiscent of your idyllic scene.

I just checked back to see where your photo had been taken, and realised it was in the grounds at Blickling Hall, where I had worked in November 1989 as a garden volunteer for the National Trust! What a thrilling coincidence.

I so love this website, which connects people from all over the world. Thank you again, Sue for your beautiful photo, and all the wonderful memories it brought back for me.

Sue - these are actually a kind of hyacinth, right? I bet they do smell heavenly! If I were 'independently wealthy', as they say, I'd buy a truckload of these things and plant them all over the property!

Thank you both for your lovely comments. Yes it's often at these large estate gardens which are owned by the wealthy that you can see planting on this kind of scale.