First visit of term for Hallmoor school pupils We were pleased to welcome back Hallmoor school pupils today. A class of pupils comes every Friday to learn gardening skills, cultivate their patch of land and grow vegetables. Before the summer break they had planted, hoe’d and weeded the plot….and today they saw it had all…
Green is the colour of plenty. Our vast veg plot – the Batty Langley garden – has been really well tended this year and all the hard work is paying off. This year’s newly planted Globe Artichokes are fattening up, the Courgettes and Squashes are plump green and growing gold (could be another good Pumpkin…
There is still colour and light to be found! Keep the summer going for longer with these luscious hanging baskets. Grown and nurtured here at the Gardens. £7 each… to clear
Our holly maze is a favourite with everyone. Managing the convoluted pathways and prickly hedges is a constant job. With fewer gardeners over the last few years and the sad loss of some of our ‘maze- expert’ volunteers, the poor maze has looked more than a little ragged. One of our education team volunteers regularly…
4 boxes of earlies lifted by volunteers today..yum. On sale in the shop… until they’re gone. Lovely and tasty warm or in a salad. £1 for a (generous) colander full. The shop and cafe are free to enter. 11 – 4pm
Great time in the sun Our annual visit from the Rare Plant Fair this weekend was blessed with bright August sunshine as well as by a field of beautiful plants from 14 special and unusual independent nurseries. Nearly 400 visitors took advantage of the day and good business and good fun was had by all.…
A collaboration with an international charity, REEP, providing horticultural scholarship visits, means we have had a makeover in the middle of the maze. 3 young gardeners – from Spain, Morocco and UK have planted a shape based on the colours of all 3 flags. We gave them some advice on espalier pruning and they have…
There has been a lot of work going on around the gardens recently and you can really see the changes