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Visitors often ask what the staff do in the winter when the house is closed. To give one example, the building team is currently carrying out ceiling repairs around the bay windows in the Great Chamber. Although the work is very minor and will only take a few days, the House Team got to work beforehand preparing … Find out more
We are very fortunate to have an experienced team of guides to share their knowledge and passion for Godinton with our visitors, and also newer guides who occasionally join the team. This season, one of our new recruits. Karina Sellers has a special connection with the house being related to Marjorie Sellers, creator of the … Find out more
It feels like we are almost back to normal at Godinton with the house and tearoom now open as well as the gardens. Our house tours have been very popular, with most tours filling up a week or so in advance. Please remember that these are timed tours, so visitors must arrive at the house 5 … Find out more
We are watching with bated breath as the first of the Delphiniums begin to flower. As always, the timing of our events must be scheduled at least six months in advance and this year everything has been held back by a dry, chilly spring. The warm sunshine for the first week of this month has … Find out more
We are taking the plunge and starting to plant out tender seedlings keeping fingers crossed that we have waved goodbye to the last late frosts. It’s now a bit of a dash to get potager and vegetable beds filled and bedding planted to take over from tulips. The garden is slowly moving on with delphiniums … Find out more
As Easter brings us snow showers and hard frosts I’m trying to ignore the sad, drooping, brown flowers of the Magnolias and concentrate on the sturdier tulips which are opening all around the garden now. In the Walled Garden we are pricking out vegetable and cut flower seedlings and rotovating beds ready for direct sowing. … Find out more
Over the last few weeks, the House Team has been busy working through the house making preparations to welcome visitors back in June. The two adjoining Libraries on the ground floor are now looking their best once again. These cosy rooms, separated by luxurious velvet curtains, are a peaceful place to sink into the comfortable … Find out more
As the weather, and the soil, warm up we see changes in the garden every day. The bright red buds of peonies are just breaking the surface, the daffodil meadow is starting to turn yellow and the almond blossom is attracting honey bees. At this time of year it pays to look closely or you … Find out more
This is the time of year to really enjoy our houseplants and with a beautiful greenhouse with three different temperature zones we can grow just about anything.
I always heave a sigh of relief when we pass the winter equinox and I know that the days must be getting longer even though it’s dark when I go out with the dogs in the morning and dark when I come home. The shoots of spring bulbs in the lawns and through the Wild … Find out more
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