by Mickle Creative | Jun 26, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
The Gardens are at their best in early June and the hot sunny weather at the beginning of the month showed everything off to perfection. The showstoppers are the roses along the wall in the Cloister Garth, heavy with flower and scent. Rosa “Rambling Rector” flowered...
by Mickle Creative | Jun 17, 2021 | News
The Franciscan Gardens were delighted to welcome the Canterbury Riverside Group and friends for a special tour of the gardens on the 7th June. With garden designer Sarah Morgan leading the tour, guests heard of the latest additions and improvements including the...
by Mickle Creative | Mar 25, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
The wet showery weather has had us running to the shed for cover at intervals in the past week or two, but the rain has been very good for the bare root trees we planted near the mown paths in the wildflower meadow. There are two large greengages, a plum and three old...
by Mickle Creative | Mar 8, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
Early spring in the Gardens brings out clusters of bright, breezy daffodils, gloriously rich purple crocus and the soft, rather shy blue of the wood anemones. The snowdrops are still in flower, but beginning to fade and over the next few weeks, once the flowers have...
by Mickle Creative | Feb 19, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
This Week in The Garden…… 19th February 2021 The Gardens have emerged from last week’s snow and freezing conditions relatively unscathed. The new planting appears to have coped with the deluge and hopefully with the milder weather will recover from the shock....
