Larking
We get a lot done on volunteer days at the Gardens – and have fun too! This week we spread out around the Gardens in a big push to tidy up and get ready f ...
Onward march
Looking for unexploded ordnance and finding plant labels, that is the name of this game – Bill has been making steady progress on it and this week Paul an ...
An autumn challenge!
We are recruiting – so a challenge for you to consider joining our team and a challenge for us to find you!
At the Gardens this week we enjoyed glorious w ...
Apples for all: wildlife and us
We are having a good year for apples and hope you will come and enjoy them with us, on Sunday, at our Apples and Bees Day. We have a good picking of Bramleys fo ...
A reminder of the Countess’ baby elephant, Kim
This week, we secured this statue in the woods, to tell the story of the Countess’ love of animals. Kim was a baby elephant, which the Countess brought to ...
The dahlias are filling out at last
The dahlia border is looking colourful now and there are a lot more pompoms and decorative dahlias to come – we are hopeful Sam might win Gold again for h ...
When the sun comes out, so do the butterflies
We are hoping visitors this Sunday will get to see the butterflies in the Gardens, and the bumble bees and hoverflies. The flowers in the borders and of course ...
Den builders wanted!
We are never short of wood and on our 22 August Open Day kids and big kids will be encouraged to use some to build dens here in the Lime Wood. Visitors will als ...
RHS exhibition put in place
Despite the heat this week, we got some tidying done in advance of the Open Day on Sunday and today we put the RHS exhibition in place. At the Open Day we will ...
A late first cut
Like others, we are aiming to support the recovery of biodiversity by giving space to nature. In our case this includes leaving areas for wildflowers, which are ...
What a picture!
We mostly had a lovely day for Essex Gardens Trust‘s Tour and Draw group and they spread around the Gardens, sketching with charcoal. It is inspiring to s ...
Beautiful, even on an overcast day
The Gardens were looking beautiful for the Open Day last weekend, despite it being an overcast day and visitors thoroughly enjoyed the nature activities on offe ...