(1 Apr 2025)
UK SPRING FLOWERS
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Hever Castle, Kent, UK – 31 March 2025
1. Wide of Hever Castle with daffodils reflected in the moat
2. View of Hever Castle and Anne Boleyn’s orchard with daffodils
3. Various of daffodils
4. Close of daffodil and the moat
5. Wide of Hever Castle and bank of daffodils by the moat
6. Various set up shots of head gardener Neil Miller tending the daffodils
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Neil Miller, head gardener, Hever Castle
"Here I am again surrounded by daffodils in Anne Boleyn’s orchard. Literally tens of thousands here. And this is an area that would have been in use when Anne Boleyn was in residence at the castle. The daffodils here, some of them go back over 100 years. So it is a really lovely, special place to be in."
8. Tracking shot of daffodils with Hever Castle in the background
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Neil Miller, head gardener, Hever Castle
"At this time of year early spring, I have to say, is my favorite time in the gardens. Everything is looking lush. It’s perfect. The weeds haven’t started to emerge yet, and it’s the time of year when I just want to press that pause button and freeze everything now."
10. Various of daffodils
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Neil Miller, head gardener, Hever Castle
"The festival that we have of spring is actually kind of celebrating everything. We’ve got the daffodils here. The late daffodils. They will merge into the tulips. The wonderful bedding displays we have here, complemented by the apple blossoms, the cherry blossoms. And we are so lucky with the weather. It really is going to be a feast."
12. Wide of bed with hyacinth display
13. Close of same
14. Wide of cherry tree in blossom with castle in background
15. Close of same
16. Wide of walled Italian garden with tulips
17. Close of tulips
18. Wide pan left of the Blue garden
19. Close of hyacinths in the Blue garden
20. Wide of magnolia tree in bloom with gardeners at work
21. Close tilt down of magnolia
22. View of Hever Castle through trees and daffodils
23. Wide of Alison Palmer entering through the Castle’s portcullis gate
24. Set up of Alison Palmer walking through the long Tudor gallery
25. Close of Palmer looking at portrait of Anne Boleyn
26. Close of Anne Boleyn portrait
27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alison Palmer, curator, Hever Castle
"So the most famous resident here at Hever Castle is Anne Boleyn. She lived here as a child and then when she came back from France. But she’s probably most famous for being second wife of Henry the eighth and England’s first queen to be executed."
28. Close of portrait of King Henry VIII
29. Tilt down of Anne Boleyn family bedroom
30. Various of replica of letter from King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn after she accepted his marriage proposal
31. Close of portrait of Anne Boleyn from 1750s (produced from a contemporary sketch of her)
32. SOUNDBITE: (English) Alison Palmer, curator, Hever Castle
"I think in today’s mindset she is a bit of a feminist icon. But in the Tudor period there was no feminism. You know she was just being herself. And unfortunately that wasn’t the standard of the day. She was too opinionated. She argued with Henry. At first that sort of characteristic was alluring to him but that wasn’t what he wanted as a wife. When she married him he expected her to become the typical Tudor wife and unfortunately Anne’s character just didn’t allow her to be submissive."
33. Low angle of Hever Castle
34. Close of duck
35. Wide of Tudor buildings outside the castle and moat
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