{"id":298,"date":"2005-07-01T14:54:55","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T14:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2005\/07\/01\/botanical\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T23:11:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:11:05","slug":"botanical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/botanical\/","title":{"rendered":"Botanical"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:10719,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.dur.ac.uk\\\/botanic.garden&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230312050207\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.dur.ac.uk\\\/botanic.garden\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 17:05:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 21:56:52&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-03 19:03:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 22:48:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 10:52:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 20:15:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 09:56:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-13 08:02:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 03:06:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 12:05:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 22:10:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 22:02:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 15:31:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 23:26:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 10:56:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 10:56:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:10720,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.dur.ac.uk\\\/grey.college&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210417162707\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.dur.ac.uk\\\/grey.college\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-02 17:06:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 21:56:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-03 19:03:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 22:48:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-20 10:52:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 20:15:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-03 09:56:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-13 08:02:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-01 03:06:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 12:05:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-28 22:10:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 22:02:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 15:31:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-02 23:26:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 10:56:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 10:56:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>During my last week in Durham I took a few walks around to take some snaps of the surrounding area which is particularly beautiful at this time of year. Late morning on a very hot day I visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/botanic.garden\/\">Botanic Garden<\/a> which is situated up the hill next to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/grey.college\/\">Grey College<\/a> and took a few snaps some of which I quite like&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1704\" height=\"2272\" data-id=\"43170\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5332.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43170\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1704\" height=\"2272\" data-id=\"43168\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_5347.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-43168\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s worth checking out the larger versions to see the details on the plants which show some nice patterns and textures up-close \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During my last week in Durham I took a few walks around to take some snaps of the surrounding area which is particularly beautiful at this time of year. 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