The joys of Spring
Sunshine, flowers, company, a bit of manual work and coffee and cake – the joys of spring for our volunteers! Ruth, Valerie and Maggie got to enjoy it in ...
The waterlilies are back in the pond!
The pond is nearly full again and looked fabulous today in bright sunshine. Terry, Jane and Valerie returned the waterlilies to their planters, while Christine ...
Japanese area is taking shape
Jacqueline and crew planted bamboo today, having planted shrubs and trees last week, and showed visitors from the U3A a detailed drawing of how the Japanese are ...
Cherry plum jam this year perhaps?
Hopefully a few jars of jam. But it will take some time before this cherry plum tree gives us the 10 bushels of cherry plums that the September 1886 Journal of ...
Undeterred by torrential rain!
There was torrential rain and high winds both before and after this lovely photo of potential new volunteers being shown round the Gardens!
When the sun was shi ...
We are blossoming!
It was a cold, windy day but there were sunny spells when it was warm in the Italian Garden and in other sheltered spots. And the early blossom on the trees sho ...
All ready for action
The big pond clean up has started…. the men manned the pump and took care of the fish, while Christine pretty much single handed barrowed away old weed fo ...
Looking beautiful
Come and see for yourself – the weather is set fair! For this Sunday’s Open Day the snowdrops are perfect; we have lots of snowdrops in the green re ...
More snowdrops revealed!
The new fence at the top of the walled kitchen garden looks so much better than the scrappy red and white “keep out” tape! And the clearance work at ...
Winter in the gardens
With the thermometer barely reaching three degrees above freezing an incredible 18 volunteers came to the Gardens this Thursday. There could almost have been a ...
Bitter wind doesn’t deter hardy volunteers
In spite of a bitter, winter wind, 19 volunteers were at the Gardens this Thursday. With huge piles of wood chippings to spread on bare areas and dead branches ...
Closed season jobs continue
David has been creating this fabulous chessboard.
Meanwhile the transformation of the walled kitchen garden continues. Sam is continuing his herculean task of c ...