by Mickle Creative | Dec 12, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
The wet and windy weather of early December has given the Gardens a good shake up and finally all the leaves have fallen. The mountain of collected leaves in our compost area will now gently decompose over the next year or two into leafmould, the gardener’s friend and...
by Mickle Creative | Nov 26, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
Some important seasonal jobs have been completed in the past couple of weeks that have been on the “to do” list for a while. November is the best time to plant – whether it’s dividing and moving established plants to new places or putting in new bare root plants. The...
by Mickle Creative | Nov 5, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
This week saw the first frost of the season making the lawns in the Cloister Garth look as though they’d been liberally sprinkled with glitter. There are plenty of jobs to keep gardeners busy at this time of year, and leaf sweeping is one that can seem like a...
by Mickle Creative | Oct 20, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
The Cherry Walk has been planted with 2000 single snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) bulbs, and, squirrels permitting, they should develop into a white carpet of delicate flowers over the next few years to give a real spectacle in late January. We also put in another 250...
by Mickle Creative | Sep 27, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
The recent dry weather has been perfect for the annual task of mowing the meadow and we took our opportunity last week to get this job completed. The meadow hay will now lay in situ for a week, to let the last few seeds disperse, before we rake it all up for...
by Mickle Creative | Jul 26, 2021 | Gardeners' Corner
Summer arrived with high temperatures and scorching sun this week, just in time for the official opening of the gardens to the public. Plenty of time was spent watering thoroughly in the early mornings, which means that the young seedlings in the Cutting Garden and...
