Well we complained it was too cold and wet….
We are keeping our fingers crossed that we will keep this wall-to-wall sunshine for the Open Day on Sunday – but we wouldn’t mind if it were a bit c ...
Ready for the Ramblers
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 t ...
Making a pit fit for a fig
With a full day’s sunshine our 20 volunteers had a great day today. New shrubs were planted and Ian managed to successfully move a strawberry tree (Arbutus Uned ...
Graft, but it will be worth it
Digging out this new shrub border was not easy, after rain. But we want to put a lovely range of shrubs and trees along this edge of the Gardens. And our happy ...
A really good day…
After that second blast of cold weather, it was so nice to welcome new volunteers to our Volunteers Day in sunshine and with the ground workable again! The daff ...
Should be cosy….
Birds and bugs can now find new homes, thanks to David’s amazing carpentry skills. His beautiful bird and bug boxes are on sale from the Trust – at ...
Before and after the Beast from the East
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 th ...
New trees for the Glade
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 gard ...
Fingers crossed for more blue skies!
The snowdrops are at their best, ready for the Open Day on Sunday 18th. The birds are singing and in the warm areas in the Garden it is possible to dawdle and e ...
Our gorgeous purple lambs’ tails
There was ice on the lily pond and the ground was frozen, but catkins everywhere this month have reminded us spring is on its way, albeit perhaps a bit arrested ...
Snowdrops are such a welcome sight
Our main snowdrop area is at the front of the gardens, but they are also looking stunning in the walled garden and in many other areas, such as here under the t ...
Spring cleaning starts….
The sun was shining, there was no further wind damage and the snowdrops were starting to come out, so it felt like early Spring! The moss on the balustrading lo ...