Some gardens pics

Really enjoying my bromeliads at the moment - I have about 5 or 6 varieties, some of which have rarely flowered, so it's always exciting when a bud peeks out from the middle of these viciously barbed yet attractive leaves. I pick the snails off by hand, and the resultant lacerations make my arms look as though I have put them through a thorn bush. It can be very painful and itchy for someone with very sensitive skin, i.e. me! There are 2 877 varieties of this plant, and I am always on the lookout for new ones, but have not yet had much success.