The Garden Gate Project

It’s still cold outside but February feels very much like a turning point in the garden. Spring’s imminent arrival is signalled by...

January may well usher in the middle of winter but all around the garden plants are busy growing their roots and shoots...

Our Garden Gate has been closed for November, to all but essential staff for keeping the garden ticking over, in line with the second...

This October has been greeted by heavy rains that have rapidly transformed our ever faithful garden once more. The browned and exhausted...

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..

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...

In a year so unlike any other, and thanks to the tremendous hard work of those who have maintained everything so well...

Due to the unprecedented events caused by the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) our Spring Open Day, which was scheduled for Saturday...

What better way to shake off the post-Christmas and New Year lull than to get outside in the January garden?

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...