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Even in drought the Gardens looks beautiful

July 19, 2018

Visitors from Benfleet this week particularly noticed the splendour of the trees in the Gardens and loved the treehouse. They marvelled at how the volunteers have managed to keep colour in the Italian Garden although it hasn’t rained in months. So f ...

Bugs in the Gardens

June 14, 2018

We are counting our bugs…come and help us on our Open Day, Sunday 24 June, when we will have help on hand to identify them. This one, on fungi on a tree in the Glade, stumped us … it appears to be eating the fungi. Local expert, Jono Forgham, reckon ...

Ready for the agile and not so agile

May 17, 2018

The agility ring is in place for visiting dogs for this Sunday’s Fun day for Dogs; the weather is all set fair so there are no muddy paths; the Rock Choir are no doubt as well-rehearsed as ever; and Carolyn is ready with the bacon, cakes and other c ...

Ready for the Ramblers

April 14, 2018

Over 300 people came to the Gardens on Saturday 14 April to take part in the Helen Rollason Rural Ramble! The sun shone, the trees were bursting into leaf and the birds were singing and the ramblers set off on routes of 10 or 4 miles on the lanes and path ...

Before and after the Beast from the East

March 8, 2018

Back in February, we celebrated the coming of spring, with two fantastic snowdrop open days and lots of visitors. The RSPB joined us and will return later in the season. We thought, then, that it was cold …. …but it got much colder – it& ...

New trees for the Glade

February 22, 2018

February is a time for tree-planting: so we have been planting flowering cherries and an acer near the rill that we think was part of Peto’s Japanese gardens. A golden rain tree is waiting its turn to be planted to replace one lost a while ago. Febr ...