On a cold (and slightly showery) day, volunteers kept warm working hard clearing weeds from the paving, while others started shaping the Portuguese laurel umbrellas in the Italian Garden….
Yellow canary bird roses and pink helianthemums in Peto’s Italian Garden, lush greens everywhere, brilliant orange in the Japanese style garden, purple flowering herbs in the walled kitchen garden…
It was a lovely day for our visitors on Sunday. The walled kitchen garden was looking gorgeous, with the rosemary hedges in the herb border in full flower, blousy…
The Gardens are surprisingly OK, given how much rain we have had! And our volunteers have continued to work, planting trees and shrubs and getting started on the pruning…
The wildflower spiral is having a late season flourish in time for our last Sunday Open Day, on 19 October. The iconic scarlet oak, crab apples and other trees…
Despite the lack of rain, we have picked, sold and jammed a fantastic plum/greengage/damson crop and the apples are now ripening at pace! There will be lots to celebrate…
This week volunteers worked hard to tidy the Gardens ahead of Sunday’s Open Day, removing the weeds so the border colour stands out. The trees are also looking lovely,…
The snowdrops are looking good for the Open Days, under the trees, in the kitchen garden and in forgotten corners. Many are now in full flower, while others are…
Visit Essex are running a survey to identify favourite visitor sites around the county. We would love you to vote for us! Link to the survey here. It is…
Volunteers have been cleaning the roofs of our buildings but the roof of the treehouse needed professional cleaning – from a height! And what a difference it makes –…
