Each summer recently these outside, multi-story flower pots make their appearance in Eyre Square.
When they first come out, they look beautifully assembled and balanced.
But as the summer goes on, some plants grow a little faster than others, and some suffer more damage from the madding crowds of Race Week. We all know that eventually the plants will or get damaged as the new crop of students set themselves goals for tipping monster flower-pots onto their side.
But in late July, in the sunshine and from the middle-distance, they do look beautiful.