Gardeners smiling at last, in the rain!
25 August 2022
Not a huge amount of work got done today, but Sue and a couple of hardy volunteers did some deadheading as the rain poured down.
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Not a huge amount of work got done today, but Sue and a couple of hardy volunteers did some deadheading as the rain poured down.
The grass is brown and a few plants are suffering, but there colour in the Italian garden, particularly from the Helenium and waterlilies, and in
After that mad heatwave, it was great to be able to get stuff done outside again! Watering particularly vulnerable plants was of course a priority
We have got a lot of work done this week, so the Gardens are looking good for this Sunday’s Open Day, when we will have
The Periploca graeca (silk vine) is our relic from Peto’s enormous treillage pergolas across the croquet lawn. It is covered in these lovely small purple
We have been watching and waiting for the wild orchids to flower – and these bee orchids are as stunning as we hoped and the
The irises are standing proud at the side of the lilypond – unfortunately, though, we are not yet winning the battle against the algae, so
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
The laburnum walk is looking spectacular – confusingly there are two different trees that are sometimes called Golden Rain trees. The Gardens also had the
The current seasonal joy is bluebells – we have them in the Glade and these white bluebells in the bed near the entry! The Gardens
