The last couple of months have seen the most profound change to the Botanical Gardens since Maria Homeyard's time. The removal of self-seeded trees in the Horse Lane area has opened up wonderful river views again and created the opportunity for mitigating planting. ...

Thank you to everybody who came to the Halloween in the Gardens event and to all those who helped. We hope you all enjoyed it, it was shown in the closing credits of BBC's Spotlight evening news programme!      

Many thanks to all those who came to help at the Community Work Day. We have tidied up the back wall along the Torquay Road, re-sited several benches to get a better view through the trees, and the Gardener's Hut has been emptied of years' worth of junk and is now...

Thursday 31st October, 4 pm to 6 pm. Halloween Fun in the Gardens - lantern making, apple bobbing, story telling, face painting, toffee apple making and more, ending with a lantern procession to  café ODE. Bring a jam jar or tin can for lantern making, and fancy dress...

Tuesday 29th October, 11 am to 3 pm. Meet at the Gardener's Hut in the Italian Garden. Come and help get the gardens ready for winter. This event is suitable for adults and children alike. We will be doing various tasks around the gardens such as clearing footpaths...

Great 'Friend' Karen Byfield (whose relatives were Teignmouth builders - the Turpin family) kindly brought a collection of plants to brighten up a dull area of the Gardens.  Bit of a Jubilee theme going on which'll hopefully become evident next summer.

Both the Castle and the Witches Cave have been daubed with graffiti. It'll be quite a challenge for Teignbridge's Cleansing Department to remove the spray paint from the crystalline rocks in the Cave.

Sad news  - a major limb off one of the 3 magnificent weeping beech trees crashed down during the summer. It has now been cleared away by Teignbridge's tree specialists.

Miracle Theatre Company have been taking the best outdoor theatre to audiences around the West Country for more than 30 years and this summer they are bringing 'Waiting for Godot' to Shaldon Botanical Gardens.This excellent small company has a reputation for...