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Before and after the Beast from the East

March 8, 2018

Back in February, we celebrated the coming of spring, with two fantastic snowdrop open days and lots of visitors. The RSPB joined us and will return later in the season. We thought, then, that it was cold …. …but it got much colder – it& ...

New trees for the Glade

February 22, 2018

February is a time for tree-planting: so we have been planting flowering cherries and an acer near the rill that we think was part of Peto’s Japanese gardens. A golden rain tree is waiting its turn to be planted to replace one lost a while ago. Febr ...

Fingers crossed for more blue skies!

February 15, 2018

The snowdrops are at their best, ready for the Open Day on Sunday 18th. The birds are singing and in the warm areas in the Garden it is possible to dawdle and enjoy the sights, as we did today with visitors from Austria and Switzerland and a more local ga ...

Our gorgeous purple lambs’ tails

February 8, 2018

There was ice on the lily pond and the ground was frozen, but catkins everywhere this month have reminded us spring is on its way, albeit perhaps a bit arrested by this cold snap. Our purple hazel catkins were a picture. It was difficult to see that the c ...

Snowdrops are such a welcome sight

February 1, 2018

Our main snowdrop area is at the front of the gardens, but they are also looking stunning in the walled garden and in many other areas, such as here under the trees at the top of the glade. Cleaning/touching up the painting on Daisy’s and the Archiv ...

Spring cleaning starts….

January 25, 2018

The sun was shining, there was no further wind damage and the snowdrops were starting to come out, so it felt like early Spring! The moss on the balustrading looks beautiful but can lead to more water damage to the stone, so we have started to remove it. ...

So lovely to see the sun

January 18, 2018

After strong winds we expected the worst, but the sun came out and we only had small branches and twigs to tidy up in the Glade. So other jobs got done too. The treehouse oak received some tlc. While in the walled garden, the grass had its first cut (exc ...

The final push

January 11, 2018

The Saturday volunteers have been making progress in clearing the last bit of the walled garden and today Sam and Tom helped too…. digging out brambles and bracken and clearing back to the foundations of the old greenhouses. Heavy work, but at least ...

Snow is beautiful, but causes damage!

December 14, 2017

Volunteers took time today to contemplate the loss of a couple of large branches from the Cedar of Lebanon at the entrance to the Garden, as well as some other damage in the Gardens. Phenology, the scientific study of seasonal changes, in action as it wer ...

A cracking good fire…

December 7, 2017

Peter kept the fire burning fast and furious – and it was perfect activity for a wintry day, cutting back bushes, raking up fallen branches and feeding the fire, until the rain came!

What’s not to like?

November 30, 2017

Raking up leaves is easy and enjoyable when frosts have brought them all down with a rush and many volunteers are on hand to share the picking up and taking of them to the leaf mould bin, where David is ensuring that they are packed down well and that the ...

So it is done….

November 23, 2017

The viewing platform at the bottom of the Glade was finished today and was a beautiful, contemplative spot to experience the end of a glorious sunny day. And what were those thoughts? That volunteers, with a wealth of practical skills and teamwork, can to ...