Lots to see

It’s brightening up and we’re ready for our visitors this afternoon. There is loads of colour and although we should be calling it summer there is a wonderful spring feeling here with the blossom and a chorus of bird song. Here are some photos taken moments ago to give you a taste. Looking forward to […]

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Fantastic display from the pocket handkerchief tree

This Spring is proving a great opportunity to see some plants at their very best. The longer, harder, colder winter we experienced this year has seen some plants look happier than they have done in years. The apple blossom for instance and the handkerchief tree or Davidia involuctrata. This tree had never produced a ‘handkerchief’ […]

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Record numbers for Sennicotts NGS opening in 2009

Some good things have come out of this recession, and in this instance I am referring to the Sennicotts Gardens National Gardens Scheme opening in 2009. Presumably due to the recession and a reduced appetite for travel abroad the numbers of people attending our garden opening in May 2009 were significantly higher than usual. Roughly […]

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