Blossom Picnics – an english hanami celebration
A diary Prompt Yumi is back with her fabulous quality food- made on the day just for our visitors… If the blossom gods are kind, we can continue our English…
Colonel Pickerings: Regiment of Foote
A Diary Prompt THe Roundheads are coming ……. Our annual visit from the exciting and friendly Parliamentarian re-enactors. Theyre camping out over Easter weekend – and defending our Easter Egg…
Morris into May…
A Diary prompt! This event was such a success last year… we’ve scheduled it again. All the madness of May, Beorma Morris and wonderful spring days… More Information coming soon
Family Hapa Zome Workshop
Learn all about the art of Hapa Zome, have a ago and take home your creation. Hapa Zome is a fun and creative way of connecting art and nature. Originally…
Wassail in the Orchard
Wassail in the Orchard: An ancient tradition in the city. A wassail in the gloaming for all We bring the ancient Orchard Wassailing tradition to the city. Wassail is an…
Melon Ground Sessions Thursday June 30th
As the summer gets going the Melon Ground’s historic walls provide a warm embrace for this week’s musical guests. Katie and Sam join resident guitarist Vo to add a world…
Melon Ground Sessions Thursday June 16th
Eclectic music for early evenings in a beautiful setting. The second in our regular summer evening outdoor acoustic sessions in the Melon Ground area of the 10acre historic Garden. Come…
Tree ‘Popping’ in the Parkland
We were busy Tree ‘popping’ with our LYRiC (Love your River Cole) trainees in the Parkland last week. It was both a training exercise showing them how the tool worked…
Cream Tea in a Box …. coming soon
The perfect takeaway food for a socially distanced Garden experience… Last year’s popular Cream Tea in a carry out box is set to return to the Garden in the next…
the dragon arises..
Dracunculus vulgaris: the Dragon lily It’s arrived! Also known as ‘snake lily’ and ‘devil’s tongue’ -we can see why. We’ve been lucky with warm springs of recent years and has…