Carols in the Courtyard
Everyone is invited to our last open afternoon of the year – boost your happy hormones! We loved our scratch choir community singing in the Courtyard so much last year,…
Tree Babies
Our Tree Babies classes are recommended for pre-movers. Tree Babies provides a natural environment for you to draw upon your senses to provide you with a relaxed and calming class…
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…
Hedgehog – in the daytime
We’ve some lovely night time footage of our resident hedgehogs (see the footage on previous blog posts). They’re free to roam across all of the different habitats in the Gardens…
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…
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…