by Mickle Creative | May 21, 2022 | Gardeners' Corner
It has been an incredibly dry, warm spring but as I write, I am very pleased to say that we have steady rainfall. It is desperately needed. Although we try to be as efficient as possible with watering in the last few weeks we have had to resort to using the hose to...
by Mickle Creative | May 10, 2022 | News
It’s No Mow May! We are taking part in No Mow May, to support local wildlife and encourage pollinators to visit our gardens! For the whole of May we will be leaving our lawn and meadow spaces to grow wild (aside from a few access paths), allowing British native...
by Mickle Creative | May 10, 2022 | Gardeners' Corner
At this time of year the gardens are truly showing the promise of things to come and everything seems to suddenly go “whoosh” and shoot up. All along the Entrance Path and Wisteria Walk up to Assisi Bridge the colours are building. From the brilliant, jewelled reds,...
by Mickle Creative | Apr 26, 2022 | News
We are excited to announce that kids now go free at the Franciscan Gardens! We know it isn’t always easy to engage the little ones in family activities. We want to inspire young minds to connect with nature, and encourage the next generation to take care of local...
by Mickle Creative | Apr 12, 2022 | Gardeners' Corner
This week in the garden, we have been doing our best to make repairs to the grassy areas along the Wisteria Path which suffer from heavy footfall and shade. Where we can we have cordoned off newly sown areas of seed, which has germinated well, but there are other...
