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The cooler weather is keeping the tulips back a little (ideal for our Festival which starts on Easter Monday 22nd April and runs every day to Tuesday 7th May). About 35% of the tulips are showing some colour now so…

We are now open for the season!  At the moment the magnolias look lovely and there are also still some daffodils, lots of hellebores and camellias out as well as spring blossoms. We plant the later flowering varieties so our…

The whole team is busy getting the gardens ready to open on Tuesday 2nd April - pathways are being tidied, the shop is being set up, the cafe having a thorough clean and sculpture are being placed. In the pictures…

To keep our gardens at their best, and develop them for the future, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head Gardener to lead the garden team.  Applicants should have significant practical horticultural experience and demonstrable experience of managing a team.…

Full Time Garden Assistant:  To include one Saturday in three and flexibility during Special Events.  Must be a conscientious, keen worker - enthusiasm for gardening and keeping standards high is essential!  May suit someone recently qualified in horticulture / wishing to add…

Garden team here still working hard in the cold - a big area of rhododendrons has been cleared down the fence line at the bottom of Beech Tree field (the one our beehives are in). This means we can get…

The Sussex Guild Craft Show weekend starts tomorrow - thirty eight skilled crafts people will have their work on show for the three days (Saturday, Sunday and Monday). In the garden the dahlias are coming along nicely, summer bedding plants…

Why do our fruit trees have wool around the base?  Using sheep fleece is a traditional way of mulching fruit trees.  We place the fleece around the base of the fruit trees and it acts as a mulch - i.e.…

It's the first day of our Kitchen Garden Week today - each day this week our Kitchen Gardener will be giving talks (see below) and we will have a menu in the cafe celebrating produce from the garden. Talks with…

The Kitchen Garden is overflowing with produce - this week we have been harvesting gooseberries galore and the currants (red and black) and raspberries have all started cropping well too.  We have been enjoying broad beans and green and purple…