Tulips for twenty twenty … one

Our beautiful tulips and flowers are blooming away in the Gardens – with only the songbirds to see them. Everyone will be hit hard this year, one way or another. But gardening is always about investing in hope for the future. Although we cannot share our signature displays of tulips and blossoms this year, we…

Gardener’s Tips for April

A few hints and tips from our excellent Gardener’s for the month of April: Things should be moving along pretty quickly now the highlight at the start of the month has to be tulips and with April’s sunshine and showers plants are growing at pace but there are a few things that you can do…

A Virtual Spring Flower Show

Our Gardens Trust is proud to be an RHS Partner Garden, a supporter of the National Gardens Scheme (and their nursing charities) and of the WGFA (Womens Farm and Gardens Association). All three organisations are doing imaginative and interesting things while closed to the public. Although most of this years RHS shows either cancelled or…

forever young … activities

We had hoped to keep the Gardens open for ‘contactless’  walks and explorations – especially for our younger visitors who like to experience the magic of all the intriguing spaces and easily accessible nature. Until we can do that again, here are some of the inspirational people and ideas who are now sharing on the…

Creating in the Gardens

Over the last few years we have been able to invite more and more artists to be inspired by the Gardens. Let’s hope, when all this is over…. we can continue to play host to everyone’s creative spark – whatever age you are. Here are one or two pictures from a variety of activities and…

a little edgy…

A second week of lockdown begins – oops no, it’s the third week! It promises to be a sunny week, which means the flowers and grass will be growing apace. Our Gardeners manage a brief rota of getting in the Gardens from time to time to look over things, making sure things are safe and…

Monthly Gardener’s Tips

In an effort to provide some #mondaymotivation for you, we will be posting Gardener’s tips the first Monday of each month. To catch us all up, we start with March – check back in with us on Easter Monday for tips for April! Spring has sprung and warmer days increase garden tasks but it is…

Farewell for now … The Temporary Closure of the Gardens

 Despite the best efforts of all, the Gardens will remain closed to the public until it is safe to re-open again. An eerie and strange feeling has engulfed us, with a globally collective fear of what may come; we recognise the benefit of fresh air and green space in the Gardens and the comfort and…

invitation to tender – contract to manage/lead Unplug and Play

Due the success and rapid growth in popularity of our Unplug and Play family activities ‘brand’, we are now seeking to contract an individual, or small team, to lead, manage – and possibly develop – the delivery for 2020 and possibly beyond. We are inviting expressions of interest from individuals or small teams to work…