With the gardens now open again until early April for Winter-Spring 2023 we are carefully monitoring the snowdrops. With the mild spell before Christmas they were encouraged to poke their heads above ground only to face an onslaught of freezing conditions the like we have...
Here we are approaching the end of another extraordinary year in the gardens. The climate over the previous 12 months has been more like living on a Greek island with hot, semi-arid conditions for months on end following a mild, virtually frost-free winter. A reminder...
Another very busy year in the garden started with an excellent show of snowdrops in February and some of the best winter aconites any of us can remember. February and March were so sunny and mild we had encouraging numbers through the gardens and our...
It's an early start for the snowdrops and aconites this year. We already have a good number flowering in the gardens at Chippenham. The recent colder weather may well slow them down a little. Our first open day is not until 9th February. The hellebores, mostly...
We've been busy tidying up the gardens after the wet stormy weather in preparation for our final open gardens day of the year - Sunday 7th October is the date for your diaries when the gardens and the tearooms will be open for business from...
A little earlier than we would have anticipated this year, the lovely white snowdrops (Galanthis nivalis) are coming up thick and fast in vast numbers. The appearance of the winter aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) also seems hard to predict. Some years they are come and gone...
