It’s iris season
The irises are standing proud at the side of the lilypond – unfortunately, though, we are not yet winning the battle against the algae, so the waterlilies ...
The wonder of alliums
This week volunteers worked really hard to ready the Gardens for the Open Day this Sunday, 22 June. Weeding to allow the alliums to get star billing. Also looki ...
It’s raining gold
The laburnum walk is looking spectacular – confusingly there are two different trees that are sometimes called Golden Rain trees. The Gardens also had the ...
It is bluebell season!
The current seasonal joy is bluebells – we have them in the Glade and these white bluebells in the bed near the entry! The Gardens are greening up every d ...
What a year for tulips
The daffodils are withering early this year in the hot dry April weather, but the tulips are thriving, bringing fantastic splashes of colour to the Italian gard ...
Beautiful buds
Have you ever noticed that buds are as beautiful as the leaves or flowers that follow?
This week volunteers got a few jobs done before the winds grew stronger a ...
After the blizzard, the sun shone!
Unexpectedly today the sun was warm for volunteers and visitors who found sheltered spots in the Italian Garden and the walled kitchen garden. The daffodils wer ...
Daffodils everywhere!
It was another gorgeous Thursday for volunteers and visitors – sunny and warm. So, we managed to finish most of the season’s tree planting, includin ...
What a glorious day
We were delighted to be joined today by 11 new volunteers. They were treated to a gorgeous sunny and warm day, of pruning and weed clearance from the lilypond i ...
Woodchips galore
The one good thing about storms is that the fallen trees generate plenty of woodchips to spread to soak up the puddles. That’s OK for the car park, but it ...
A lovely snowdrop Thursday
Many visitors enjoyed the first ever Snowdrop Thursday this week. They sensibly came prepared for all weathers and there was a very chill wind blowing across th ...
Snowdrops in the green
What a busy day… lifting snowdrops in the green ready for sale at the first Snowdrop Open Day, this Sunday 13th February, and lots and lots of tidying of ...