Grand Opening Ceremony update

by | May 1, 2017 | Uncategorized

In compliance with the rules associated with our Heritage Lottery Grant a fixed sum of money has been set aside to provide a substantial public event to mark the completion of work on the Castle – a grand opening ceremony. Planned for June 30th 2017 the event...

William Sears Memorial Bench

by | Apr 21, 2017 | Uncategorized

William Sears oversaw the building and garden works in the 1930s from his office which is now the Gardener’s Hut above the Italian Garden. There was once a memorial bench dedicated to him, but all that remained of it was a number of broken pieces scattered round...

New Trees

by | Mar 24, 2017 | Uncategorized

To improve views from the H bench on the top path a couple of larch trees have recently been felled along with a holly that was growing sideways into one of our star weeping beech trees. The cotoneaster near the Castle that’s suddenly died has been taken out too. So 4...

Winter Update

by | Dec 22, 2016 | Uncategorized

Have you walked through the gardens lately, maybe stopped a moment to look around? The hand of a gardener is clearly to be seen in the swept steps, pruned shrubs and in places wholesale cutting back to reveal clear boundaries and long views. Seedling trees and shrubs...

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