An autumn challenge!
We are recruiting – so a challenge for you to consider joining our team and a challenge for us to find you!
At the Gardens this week we enjoyed glorious w ...
Apples for all: wildlife and us
We are having a good year for apples and hope you will come and enjoy them with us, on Sunday, at our Apples and Bees Day. We have a good picking of Bramleys fo ...
A reminder of the Countess’ baby elephant, Kim
This week, we secured this statue in the woods, to tell the story of the Countess’ love of animals. Kim was a baby elephant, which the Countess brought to ...
The dahlias are filling out at last
The dahlia border is looking colourful now and there are a lot more pompoms and decorative dahlias to come – we are hopeful Sam might win Gold again for h ...
When the sun comes out, so do the butterflies
We are hoping visitors this Sunday will get to see the butterflies in the Gardens, and the bumble bees and hoverflies. The flowers in the borders and of course ...
Den builders wanted!
We are never short of wood and on our 22 August Open Day kids and big kids will be encouraged to use some to build dens here in the Lime Wood. Visitors will als ...
RHS exhibition put in place
Despite the heat this week, we got some tidying done in advance of the Open Day on Sunday and today we put the RHS exhibition in place. At the Open Day we will ...
A late first cut
Like others, we are aiming to support the recovery of biodiversity by giving space to nature. In our case this includes leaving areas for wildflowers, which are ...
What a picture!
We mostly had a lovely day for Essex Gardens Trust‘s Tour and Draw group and they spread around the Gardens, sketching with charcoal. It is inspiring to s ...
Beautiful, even on an overcast day
The Gardens were looking beautiful for the Open Day last weekend, despite it being an overcast day and visitors thoroughly enjoyed the nature activities on offe ...
Beautiful borders
Just in time for the Open Day on Sunday 27 June, the borders in the walled kitchen garden and the Italian garden are becoming more colourful by the day. The veg ...
What a welcome!
The Gardens are shaping up for being at their most gorgeous on the 27 June Open Day. These roses literally shine out from under the trees around the car park, p ...