Hellebores not beaten by the rain
1 March 2024
So we end the snowdrop season, with Hellebores still standing and daffodils coming out by the day. We thank the very hardy visitors (and volunteers)
So we end the snowdrop season, with Hellebores still standing and daffodils coming out by the day. We thank the very hardy visitors (and volunteers)
The weather has been against us so far this season. It has been mild, so the snowdrops were earlier than usual and now rain, rain
We had a very busy day today, getting ready for our first visitors of the year: on Snowdrop Days on 18, 22, 25 and 29
It was positively warm in the sunshine in the walled kitchen garden and Peto’s Italian Garden this Thursday. So volunteers did a lots of tidying
On a really freezing day, whacking in fence posts is a good job for keeping warm and the sun was shining making the Italian garden
It was a bitter day. But our volunteers are hardy and enjoy coming to the Gardens to see what’s flowering and to get jobs done.
Our reliable volunteers carried on turning out in all weathers this month, and between them ensured that the herbaceous borders, the dahlias and asparagus and
This time of year we are all kept busy tidying to extend the beauty of the Gardens into the autumn. The Helenium and Nepeta complement
This time of year gardening is about lots of forms of tidying: pruning to get structural bushes into shape, deadheading to leave the new flowers
It was lovely to welcome lots of visitors and their children this week – we are open every Thursday and on Sunday 20th August will
