Volunteers worked hard today, tidying the Gardens ready for the first Open Day of the year on 18 April. Maggie and Lesley cleaned the information boards ready f ...
The Gardens were gorgeous today: almost peak daffodils and violets, and the first of the cowslips and lots of beautiful blossom.
Sam and Roy worked really hard ...
What a lovely day we had at the Gardens this week – spring was definitely in the air. With most volunteers now back and working, spread around the Gardens ...
It was a grey and wet day for volunteers this week, but we remained cheerful, buoyed by the sight of daffodils opening up around the Gardens. We have over 30 va ...
It is great to see volunteers back, tackling more essential tidying around the Gardens. Weirdly, few leaves came down in the autumn, but they have now. So Valer ...
Neil was with us this week, bringing apple whips for planting, which had been kindly donated by the East of England Apples and Orchards Project. Sam, Steven, Pe ...
The sun shone and we were pleasantly warm, until it clouded over and the rain fell, again! Undaunted volunteers made a good start on getting the Italian garden ...
Despite the freezing conditions Neil helped us get some more of our pruning done. It is apples and pears this time of year: progressively pruning the heritage t ...
Steven, Carolyn, Sue and I made a start on a dead hedge in the proposed new orchard corner of the walled kitchen garden. A dead hedge is a great way to create a ...
Each week, now, we are seeing more of the snowdrops’ silver green leaves poking through around the Gardens: in the grass under the trees at the front of t ...
Despite the cold weather, there are a few signs of spring being on its way. The Mahonia is beautiful and sweet and the viburnam is also beginning to flower in t ...
What a tonic it was, to enjoy sunshine and a little warmth in the Italian Garden and the walled kitchen garden this Thursday, after all the rain.
The Gardens ar ...
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