What an amazing fruit year
25 August 2025
Despite the lack of rain, we have picked, sold and jammed a fantastic plum/greengage/damson crop and the apples are now ripening at pace! There will
Despite the lack of rain, we have picked, sold and jammed a fantastic plum/greengage/damson crop and the apples are now ripening at pace! There will
While volunteers tidied the Gardens ready for this Sunday, 17 August, Open Day, we also welcomed visitors, old and young, who enjoyed the Gardens and
What a relief to be able to tend the Gardens without roasting! In the Italian Garden and the walled kitchen garden there is lots of
Our volunteers are great at working in all weathers – but this heat is challenging them! They spent a couple of hours in the sun
At our AGM this week we paid tribute to Catherine who stepped down from being a Trustee, after 18 years’ service. We will miss her
The Italian Garden is a riot of colour: irises, roses, alliums, helianthemum and so much more. Elsewhere, foxgloves are coming out; herbs are blooming; fruit
Neil and Jill have started training the 4 apple trees around the well in the centre of the kitchen garden – they should make a
This week volunteers worked hard to tidy the Gardens ahead of Sunday’s Open Day, removing the weeds so the border colour stands out. The trees
With such gorgeous weather the Gardens are looking beautiful – these peonies are particularly blousy. The Italian garden is looking fresh and colourful, and in
It was t-shirt weather for gardening this week – pruning, weeding, planting shrubs and potatoes and more tidying. The daffodils are coming out and the