Easter Garden returns to Salisbury Cathedral
It's the third year the garden has been put on display
A popular display has returned to Salisbury Cathedral, just in time for the Easter holidays.
The Easter Garden has been brought back for it's third year and depicts the story of Easter.
A stone tomb is the centre piece of the display, with a circular door currently covering the entrance. That will be rolled away on Easter Day to complete the Christian story of Jesus' death and conquering of death.
It also features plants that are native to the Mediterranean and Middle East in order to give us a flavour of the environment for the story of Jesus' death.
Canon Treasurer for Salisbury Cathedral, Kenneth Padley, said it's bringing plenty of excitement to the Cathedral: "There's a real buzz about the place as heading into the season of lots of visitors and also heading towards Holy Week and Easter and the Easter Garden is a symbol of that most important part of Jesus's life and the Christian story."
He added that it's something enjoyed by the whole community: "We know that it is appreciated both by those who are visiting, but also those who are coming to worship, it sets the scene as they're going into a seasonal services.
"But also those who are just walking past, the close is open to everybody. We love people to be coming and going and locals in and around Salisbury use it as well."
Creator of the display, Andy McIndoe said this year's display is more colourful.
"I sort of have slightly mixed feelings about it, but Easter is later, the weather is better than it was last year and also people like colour because it draws attention," he said.
He said there is a danger of doing the same thing every year and the display becoming stale.
Once the Easter season is over, the plants are available to be bought for us to have a piece of the Cathedral's Easter Garden in our own homes.