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Grapes for Apple Day!

Our grapes in the walled kitchen garden are large and sweet – perfect for juicing on 20 September at our Apple and Bees Day. That

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Valuing what we have

During this drought, we are celebrating what we have – this Acer davidii Viper for instance – as we ration our watering across the Gardens.

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Cool Calycanthus

Late May is stunning, with individual flowers to enjoy, making lovely vistas. This Calycanthus is a really cool flower, with its greeny petals and vivid

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Teamwork

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

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Now that’s a hedge!

Just in time for this Sunday’s Open Day we have completed replanting the lavender hedge along the edge of the croquet lawn. It was a

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