Gardening

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…
What a gorgeous day to start the new year at the Gardens! We gathered up the twigs brought down by the latest high winds (no big boughs had come…
It was a gorgeous day – sunny and not windy, so warm enough to take time to focus on the beautiful details you can find in the Gardens –…
We wrapped up warm and got a lot done this week – buoyed by being in lovely late autumn sunshine, with some vivid leaves left on the trees and…
Levelling and grass seeding the top of the Italian Garden was number one on our long list of garden jobs for the closed season. This week we were also…
Tidying the Gardens ready for Apple and Bees day this Sunday, 15 September, meant lots of hard work, cutting back more nettles, weeding around new trees, weeding the beds…
On a really hot day our heroic volunteers transformed the paths in the walled kitchen garden, weeding them and then switching to weeding the borders too. Others cut the…
The lilies and crocosmia look hot in all weathers! Peto’s Italian garden is also lovely with splashes of colour from the roses, dahlias and penstemon contrasting with the structural…