Poetry resources from Ian MacMillan
Gardens inspire poetry, poetry inspires Gardens. The urge to be creative during lockdown has been fuelled, happily, by many tv programmes, blogs and online memes. Hopefully the creativity will not be…
Beans and Potatoes – plant, grow, eat and support growers.
Planting and growing beans and potatoes has always meant a lot to us in the Gardens We try to keep some of the really old varieties going, but we have…
Kids and BBC Newsround – good as ever
Just sharing another round up of great things for kids to do.. BBCs Newsround has always been good and our national public broadcaster is really working well in the current…
turning stony faces into smiles
Our call out for your SmileStone creations to build ‘social distancing’ markers in the Gardens is beginning to take of… These have been delivered to our gates in the last…
On your doorstep nature..our wildlife survey
Citizen science: we can all make a difference to the world’s knowledge. These days almost anyone can take part in gathering important information that adds to scientists’ understanding. From this…
Add a smile(stone) to social distancing
When we re-open the Gardens – whenever that will be – we know that social distancing will be a ‘new normal’ for some while… So, the (still working) team here…
Gardening Tips for May
Gardener’s Tips for May It is now time to give your borders some attention. All the sunshine and showers means the garden should now be at its vibrant best. Remove…
Happy Birthday Will Shakespeare
April 23rd is traditionally celebrated as the birth – and death – day of local lad, William Shakespeare. It is also a saint’s day in the old calendar: St George’s…
Geocaching – treasure hunting with a phone.
We love treasure hunts of all kinds in the Gardens.. We know too that there are lots of other seek and find activities in and around the Gardens, the historic…
Hello bunting…
Looking forward… Volunteers have been central to pretty well every event and activity in the Gardens for decades, we are really missing their input and daily conversation. So many people…