Gardening

Our blousy hanky

10 May 2018

The Handkerchief Tree was looking magnificent today, with the hankies blowing in the breeze against a clear blue sky, with the Glade framed with the frothy white of cow…

Fresh growth

3 May 2018

It is an exciting time of year at the Gardens – full of promise for the season ahead! Spring green is making way for summer colour, as we remove…

Well we complained it was too cold and wet….

19 April 2018

We are keeping our fingers crossed that we will keep this wall-to-wall sunshine for the Open Day on Sunday – but we wouldn’t mind if it were a bit…

New trees for the Glade

22 February 2018

February is a time for tree-planting: so we have been planting flowering cherries and an acer near the rill that we think was part of Peto’s Japanese gardens. A…

Fingers crossed for more blue skies!

15 February 2018

The snowdrops are at their best, ready for the Open Day on Sunday 18th. The birds are singing and in the warm areas in the Garden it is possible…

Snowdrops are such a welcome sight

1 February 2018

Our main snowdrop area is at the front of the gardens, but they are also looking stunning in the walled garden and in many other areas, such as here…

So lovely to see the sun

18 January 2018

After strong winds we expected the worst, but the sun came out and we only had small branches and twigs to tidy up in the Glade. So other jobs…

The final push

11 January 2018

The Saturday volunteers have been making progress in clearing the last bit of the walled garden and today Sam and Tom helped too…. digging out brambles and bracken and…

Snow is beautiful, but causes damage!

14 December 2017

Volunteers took time today to contemplate the loss of a couple of large branches from the Cedar of Lebanon at the entrance to the Garden, as well as some…

What’s not to like?

30 November 2017

Raking up leaves is easy and enjoyable when frosts have brought them all down with a rush and many volunteers are on hand to share the picking up and…

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