Getting to know the Parkland
This 12 hectare greenspace is an oasis of calm and tranquility in an otherwise densely built up area. A short stroll into the Parkland and you instantly start to relax…
‘Never was the shade from any plant more dear’…music of the Garden
You can travel the world through the plants in our Gardens. By the early 1700s plants from five* different continents could be found growing in England. Plants had been gathered…
Dig for Victory
“It is the bounden duty of those who have the smallest space to cultivate, to do so intensively, that the brave may be fed and that the lifeline of the…
“As steals the morn….”
a morning meditation piece As steals the morn upon the night And melts the shades away: So Truth does Fancy’s charm dissolve And rising Reason puts to flight The fumes…
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…