Category: Blog
April – the cruellest month?
Today is April 1st and as I write it is sleeting outside. Ten minutes ago it was brilliant sunshine and...
March – sculpture, herbs and wool
In a bit of a first we opened the garden for the year in early March. It was something of...
February – getting ready to welcome our visitors
Opening day on March 2nd is drawing closer and the pace of activity is increasing exponentially. We welcomed our garden...
Looking ahead
And here we are back in January with the year ahead of us. I have no idea what it will...
December – The end of the year
I think time has become a completely elastic medium in that in one sense it seems ages since we opened...
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November – Business as usual
It’s November and for the first time, we – along with The Vine House Café and the Garden Shop –...
October 2021 – Autumn has arrived
Well there is certainly a nip in the air now and we have had enough rain to satisfy the most...
September 2021 – Not going anywhere
I’m writing this column from home. I’m having a “staycation” or as we used to call it, not going anywhere....
August 2021 – All hands to the deck
It’s early August and as I write the rain is lashing against the windows of the office. Gardening outdoors has...
July 2021 – halfway through the year
I’m feeling as I usually do by this stage of the growing year, too much to do and not enough...
June – What the weather brings…
T S Eliot famously wrote that April was the cruellest month, but he never saw this May. It has been...
May – Everything in the garden is blooming
It’s that time of year when everything takes off and if you dawdle, you’re left lying in a heap as...
