A final tidy up before Christmas!
It was all crisp and even…so cutting back border planting, cutting down ivy, vigorous pruning and more leaf raking were all needed to keep warm.
Merry Chr ...
Strictly pruning
Pruning beautifully in synch, even without music!
A wide range of tasks were completed this week – here are a few of them. The compost bins in the walled ...
The black arts of compost
Compost is universally prized in the Gardens, but how to make it is more controversial! Today was the day for turning one bin over into the next, to mix it, and ...
Coffee break & no sign of those yummy mince pies!
GSK volunteers joined us today and worked hard to keep warm. They constructed more raised beds for the end of the walled kitchen garden; and painted our lovely ...
Sophie’s rose
With thanks to Sophie, who volunteered at the Gardens before moving away, we have planted two Sophy’s roses in the Italian Garden! The new roses we plante ...
Now breathe …..
breathe in the fresh, warm air of a beautiful November’s day at the Gardens…and then get down to work!
Bulbs and new border perennials planted, leav ...
Wet, wet, wet
Our volunteers aren’t put off by the rain though and Carolyn, Christine, Claire, David, Roger and Terry got some useful jobs done… shifting things to make ...
Our triffid mullein is still flowering!
Mulleins self seed in various places around the gardens but in the walled kitchen garden the plants have often been completely devoured by the caterpillars of t ...
Getting closer to taming the far end!
The boys dug the far edge and planted lavender to finish off the last grass area in the walled garden, so next year when the snowdrops come through there they w ...
Some healthy takeaways for intrepid visitors
A big thank you to all the visitors who braved the weather to come to the Open Day on Sunday, rounding off a fabulous season at the Gardens. We hope you enjoyed ...
A glorious autumn
The michaelmas daisies are looking spectacular and the trees are turning, so we know it is autumn now, despite the continuing warmth in the walled garden and th ...
Heave ho!
Our volunteers are not in training for a local tug-of-war competition, but were moving a heavy rock to the stumpery in the Glade!
It was a gorgeous day – ...