Today we were thrilled to show Sally Kington the daffodils in Lime Wood. She surveyed them in 2003, when she was the International Daffodil Registrar, and we think we…
These sternbergia lutea, near the stumpery, are very confusingly known both as the winter daffodil and the autumn crocus! It is lovely to have such a fresh vibrant flower…
After that mad heatwave, it was great to be able to get stuff done outside again! Watering particularly vulnerable plants was of course a priority – many of our…
We have been watching and waiting for the wild orchids to flower – and these bee orchids are as stunning as we hoped and the spotted orchids have definitely…
The irises are standing proud at the side of the lilypond – unfortunately, though, we are not yet winning the battle against the algae, so the waterlilies don’t look…
The current seasonal joy is bluebells – we have them in the Glade and these white bluebells in the bed near the entry! The Gardens are greening up every…
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 the…
