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Aug 1, 20213 min read
Rich pickings & time for tea
The garden really comes to fruition during August, and few treats beat the warmth of sunshine on the back of your neck as you savour the...
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Jul 1, 20213 min read
Flowers for picking, a summer salad & an artist visits
It’s July and the glorious mid-summer sunshine has brought out an array of flowers throughout the garden. We have a beautiful bed of...
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Jun 1, 20212 min read
Lush ferns, early potatoes & a bug hotel
As summer arrives and we head into June, the garden is looking particularly fresh, green and lush following such a cool and latterly damp...
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May 1, 20212 min read
Celebrating our natural affinity with the garden
As spring makes its final preparations for summer, May is a month made resplendent by fresh green growth and bright blooms appearing through
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Apr 1, 20213 min read
Foraging for food around the garden & beyond
They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch! However, with the right plant knowledge it’s possible to access a larder of free...
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Mar 1, 20212 min read
Spring warmth, seed sowing & salad supply
It’s finally March! Now that last month’s snowfall and mini-freeze are hopefully behind us, we can join the awakening bees, boxing hares...
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Feb 1, 20212 min read
Clearing, pruning & preparing
It’s still cold outside but February feels very much like a turning point in the garden. Spring’s imminent arrival is signalled by...
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Jan 1, 20212 min read
Selecting seeds, landscape art & natural wellbeing
January may well usher in the middle of winter but all around the garden plants are busy growing their roots and shoots...
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Nov 19, 20202 min read
Winter seasonal interest, craft creations & a new bicycle rack
Our Garden Gate has been closed for November, to all but essential staff for keeping the garden ticking over, in line with the second...
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Oct 17, 20202 min read
Lawn revival, memorial bulb circles for Tim Mountford, & a new tool store & covered project space
This October has been greeted by heavy rains that have rapidly transformed our ever faithful garden once more. The browned and exhausted...
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Sep 16, 20202 min read
Leaf mould, last pickings & 'spring bulb lasagne'
Here at the Garden Gate there’s a typically fresh autumnal chill in the air. As always, it's accompanied by that familiar slightly pungent..
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Aug 14, 20202 min read
Watering, flower arranging & meadow sowing
Now we’re into August, a warm walk around the garden in beautiful sunshine reveals just how much everything is drying out after such a...
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Jul 18, 20202 min read
Raising the spirits with crops & flowers aplenty
In a year so unlike any other, and thanks to the tremendous hard work of those who have maintained everything so well...
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Apr 17, 20202 min read
Virtual Spring Open Day
Due to the unprecedented events caused by the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) our Spring Open Day, which was scheduled for Saturday...
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Jan 1, 20202 min read
Growth, planning & wildlife
What better way to shake off the post-Christmas and New Year lull than to get outside in the January garden?
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Dec 1, 20192 min read
Wreath making, drainage, air, light & hibernation
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...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
Falling leaves, tulip planting & mowing
Colder, darker and wetter, with the first significant frosts all but guaranteed to bite, November is the month in which the deciduous...
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Oct 1, 20192 min read
Replenishing, raking, resting & risotto
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...
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Sep 1, 20192 min read
Fruit picking, dahlias, dividing perennials & spring bulbs
As late summer evenings begin to noticeably shorten and the warmth of the sun gently fades, September signals that the garden is winding...
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Aug 1, 20192 min read
Vegetable harvest, dried flowers & spring bedding
Amidst the late summer heat of August, the garden’s annual cycle of growth is fast reaching full maturity. In the vegetable garden...
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