The Garden Gate Project

There’s nothing quite like the advent of December to demand that we direct our attention to wreath making. Each year, here at The Garden Gate, we hold a day ...

Colder, darker and wetter, with the first significant frosts all but guaranteed to bite, November is the month in which the deciduous trees shed their leaves...

With sunlight at ever more of a premium, and as the days become colder and wetter, October is largely marked by jobs that begin to tidy away the previous sea...

As late summer evenings begin to noticeably shorten and the warmth of the sun gently fades, September signals that the garden is winding down into autumn. In...

Amidst the late summer heat of August, the garden’s annual cycle of growth is fast reaching full maturity. In the vegetable garden there’s an abundance of cr...

Once past the year’s mid-point, the garden’s freshness usually begins to dry out in the full glare of July’s brilliant sunshine and hotter days. There is one...

As mid-summer fast approaches, everything in the gardening seems to be happening at once during June. Greater sunshine and warmth bring out an abundance of f...

We were very lucky that a mostly sunny April afternoon enabled us to welcome a bumper crowd to a hugely successful Spring Open Day. It was wonderful to see s...

This year’s record high temperatures in February meant that the frogspawn appeared in our pond on the second day of March, almost a whole month earlier than ...

With any luck, spring will arrive around the middle of March, signalled as ever by the cheerful blooms of golden daffodils. Glad of more frequent sunshine, i...

During February, the weather is generally too bad for us to work on the land. It’s a time for catching up with preparatory jobs. We’re busy digging out the c...

Whilst nature's been preparing for its annual rest its been all action here at The Garden Gate. The energetic removal of a concrete ramp outside our thriving...