The periploca up close
Our periploca graeca, also known as a silk vine, is precious to us because we believe it once ranged over one of Peto’s two treillage pergolas across the ...
Iris adding to the stumpery
The stumpery is maturing nicely, with the ferns filling out and iris adding colour. So the walk down the glade to the tenboudai with views onto the fishing lake ...
Rainbow border is in the making
The dahlias that brought such colour to the walled kitchen garden have over-wintered fine and Sam and Richard are adding more, to extend the border – so i ...
Bugs, animals and flowers
The Gardens are blooming and looking fabulous; perfect for Sunday’s Open Day, when we celebrate the nature in our Gardens.
This shield bug was enjoying t ...
Euphorbia rules ok!
The Italian garden has gone green – the euphorbia and solomon seal have grown huge now it has rained! Set against the green are splashes of colour from he ...
Tranquillity
It was a lovely day, between cold weekends, so volunteers spread out across the Gardens, to hoe, weed & tidy-up while enjoying the tranquillity, birdsong an ...
Bridge building at the Gardens
Roger, Rod and David made great progress on the new bridge over the rill in the Gardens this week; and Claire went off to buy the paint for the finishing touche ...
The joys of Spring
Sunshine, flowers, company, a bit of manual work and coffee and cake – the joys of spring for our volunteers! Ruth, Valerie and Maggie got to enjoy it in ...
The waterlilies are back in the pond!
The pond is nearly full again and looked fabulous today in bright sunshine. Terry, Jane and Valerie returned the waterlilies to their planters, while Christine ...
Japanese area is taking shape
Jacqueline and crew planted bamboo today, having planted shrubs and trees last week, and showed visitors from the U3A a detailed drawing of how the Japanese are ...
Cherry plum jam this year perhaps?
Hopefully a few jars of jam. But it will take some time before this cherry plum tree gives us the 10 bushels of cherry plums that the September 1886 Journal of ...
Undeterred by torrential rain!
There was torrential rain and high winds both before and after this lovely photo of potential new volunteers being shown round the Gardens!
When the sun was shi ...