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Spring is in the air
With a few warmer days everything in the garden is on the move. Beautiful bright red shoots of peonies are popping up in the borders, magnolia buds are bulging but … Continue reading
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Spring jewels
Towards the end of a rather gloomy winter it gives us all a huge boost to find something cheerful appearing in the garden every day. Miniature Narcissus, Chionodoxa or even a … Continue reading
The White Stuff
However difficult it makes our lives for a few days (hopefully) we all enjoy the transformation. The garden ninjas know how to dress for the weather but we’re trying to … Continue reading
Happy new year
The garden can look quite bleak on a wet and windy day in January but there is something to cheer every day of the year. The shrubs which flower at … Continue reading
Preparing for winter in the Gardens
On a sunny day the colours in the garden are still fantastic – the last of the dahlias and rudbeckias and these wonderful hawthorns, ‘Carrierei’, which are laden with berries. … Continue reading
Changing Seasons
One of the joys of working in the garden is how aware we are of the changing seasons every day. Signs of autumn appeared a few weeks ago but now … Continue reading
Unreliable Delphiniums
One of the pleasures of gardening is the surprise of unseasonal flowering. You can never be precise with your predictions and the vagaries of weather and climate can make the … Continue reading
May Madness
Surely May must bring us some better gardeners weather? After the sharp frosts have burnt off lots of soft spring growth and the lack of rain has turned the ground … Continue reading
Gardens open for the 2017 season
It’s the first day of spring and the gardens are open to the public again. Lovely to see people enjoying a stroll even though the brollies were out this afternoon. … Continue reading
Making Mistletoe
Thanks to a kind supplier of some freshly cut branches of ripe mistletoe berries we are attempting to get some established in suitable trees around the garden. We’ve tried Lime trees, … Continue reading