I have visited Brantwood but only in summer, so I enjoyed reading Paul Williamson’s article about Bethan Pettit and the garden in spring.

Since the garden is now closed to the public I shall definitely go there next year at this time to see the woodland flowers at their best.

In particular I should love to see the Soldanella alpina or Alpine Snowbell.

I have seen this plant in the Alps where I shall probably never be able to go again, but I have never seen it in a British garden so it will be a particular delight.

Primula denticulata, or Drumhead Primula, is a more robust plant and one of the garden flowers most attractive to butterflies at this time of year.

I attach a photo of a Red Admiral which drank this flower’s nectar for a long while before having to sleep it off (early April 2017).

John Mounsey,

Bankfield Garden

Kendal