The squashes are on the march
The pumpkins are escaping their beds and the squashes are climbing walls and many have already ripened in the heat of July/early August. Normally, we would expe ...
Even in drought the Gardens looks beautiful
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 ha ...
Many hands pull thistles more quickly
Pulling out creeping thistles before they seed has the added benefit of weakening their root system and they shouldn’t need further re-pulling for two or ...
Keep on smiling!
The sun continued to shine (will it ever stop?), as we looked back on the last year and celebrated all we had achieved, at the AGM, followed by the volunteers&# ...
Our first summer produce, ready for the Open Day
This Sunday’s Open Day will showcase our vegetables and fruit as well as the nature in the Gardens! The walled kitchen garden is filling up and looking re ...
Bugs in the Gardens
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 i ...
Now that’s a tongue!
Variously called a Devil’s Tongue, Voodoo Lily, Dragon Lily or more properly Dracunculus Vulgaris, this one is very much at home in the Italian Garden! It ...
Vegetables galore
Each week, Steve seems to plant more vegetables and don’t they look great!! Today, it was runner beans, to add to the maize, leeks, onions, chard, lettuce ...
Broad-bodied chasers and blue damselflies
Although busy with volunteers and a team from GSK and a group of U3A visitors, the Gardens were tranquil today, with hares in the Glade and dragonflies and dams ...
Ready for the agile and not so agile
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 ...
Our blousy hanky
The Handkerchief Tree was looking magnificent today, with the hankies blowing in the breeze against a clear blue sky, with the Glade framed with the frothy whit ...
Fresh growth
It is an exciting time of year at the Gardens – full of promise for the season ahead!
Spring green is making way for summer colour, as we remove weeds and ...