Japanese style gardening
Is Steph channelling the Japanese gardeners that Monty Don met, who were removing grass from moss gardens blade by blade? The monks and the rest of the Gardens ...
Fit, once more, for a queen (or Countess)
The restoration of the steps was completed this week – and aren’t they fantastic? They are a joy to walk down – no longer a hazard! The stonem ...
Hot, hot, hot
On the hottest July day on record, our plucky volunteers still got stuck in …watering of course, but also grass-cutting, weeding, deadheading and carting ...
Stunning!
Open Day visitors on Sunday will love the walled garden and the Italian garden – they are looking stunning! The restoration of the stone steps is nearly f ...
What a crowd!
It must have been our highest volunteer numbers yet – 27 plus a group of 10 from GSK. So we managed to get masses of jobs done as well as the obligatory w ...
Not a weedy thistle!
This “scotch thistle” (onopordum acanthium) was probably not planted deliberately but is quite a sight! They are said to top 2.5 metres if well fed& ...
Sitting pretty
Visitors on Sunday will be able to see Colchester Institute students’ Japanese themed pieces in the Glade, including these monks, who are nestled in next ...
The periploca up close
Our periploca graeca, also known as a silk vine, is precious to us because we believe it once ranged over one of Peto’s two treillage pergolas across the ...
Iris adding to the stumpery
The stumpery is maturing nicely, with the ferns filling out and iris adding colour. So the walk down the glade to the tenboudai with views onto the fishing lake ...
Rainbow border is in the making
The dahlias that brought such colour to the walled kitchen garden have over-wintered fine and Sam and Richard are adding more, to extend the border – so i ...
Bugs, animals and flowers
The Gardens are blooming and looking fabulous; perfect for Sunday’s Open Day, when we celebrate the nature in our Gardens.
This shield bug was enjoying t ...
Euphorbia rules ok!
The Italian garden has gone green – the euphorbia and solomon seal have grown huge now it has rained! Set against the green are splashes of colour from he ...