Our favourite
Our scarlet oak is so photogenic, in autumn but also in spring, and this year it and other oaks, beeches and chestnuts have produced loads of fruit. A bountiful ...
Perfect harmony
We like to think we form good teams at the Gardens… and here Tony, Martin and Roy are working in perfect harmony to level the soil around the base of the ...
Ready for the final open day of the season
The forecast for Sunday is good; our bakers have been busy; we have gathered in our pumpkins; and our gardeners have cut the grass, deadheaded and weeded. The r ...
A topsy turvy year
As we come towards the end of the season, with our final Open Day on Sunday 11 October, our plants keep reminding us what a strange year it has been. The handke ...
Dunmow twinners
Dunmow-Dourdan Town Twinning Association stalwarts enjoyed a socially distanced picnic at the Gardens this week in perfect weather. Hopefully in 2021 they will ...
Warm not icy
The Hylotelephium spectabile in the Italian Garden are looking lovely in the autumn sunshine. It does seem strange that they are commonly known as “ice pl ...
Officially autumn!
It was a glorious day for the Trust’s AGM at the Gardens, sunny and warm. But it’s definitely autumn – the fungi are springing up and the pump ...
Cutting out deadwood
The Philadelphus patch near Laburnam walk is said to have been planted by the Countess of Warwick and today was given tlc, so that it can provide a better show ...
A tidy champion
Ian, Phil and Ben have tidied up around our County Champion Acer Cappadocicum, also known as a Cappadocian Maple. These trees were originally native in Asia, fr ...
Stocking up
What a lovely Open Day we had last Sunday – we welcomed many first time visitors to the Gardens as well as regulars and the rain held off till nearly clos ...
Another little stepping stone
Our next big restoration project will be the balustrading around the lilypond. But while we are putting the plans for that into place and fundraising for it, we ...
Ready for the first Open Day since lockdown
We spent the day getting ready for the Open Day, putting up posters and tape for ensuring safe one-way systems into and out of the Gardens, to Daisy’s and ...