On January 13th 2008 Herm islanders gathered on a cold Sunday afternoon to help plant 4000 daffodil bulbs around the island. The fruits of that hard work are now evident. Herm is blooming! The bulbs were offered to Herm from Le Friquet Plant Centre at a discounted price to help the island on its campaign towards Britain in Bloom.
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| A fenced area has been created at the top of Spring Meadown (field opposite the Hay Barn, Manor Village). Trees and bulbs have been planted there. January 2008 |
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| Daffodils blooming at the base of two ash trees planted in 2007 by the Bailey family to celebrate their living on Herm for over a decade. March 2008 |
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| The cows would love to get into the fenced off area in Spring Meadow where the grass, trees and daffodils are growing very nicely! April 2008 |
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| Blooming daffodils near the water works on The Drive. April 2008 |
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| A host of golden daffodils. These are blooming in front of Belvoir House. March 2008 |
'Daffodils' by William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Out-did the sparkling leaves in glee;
A poet could not be but gay,
In such a jocund company!
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.