Wow, where does the time go! It seems like only the other day since our last update and so much has happened since. At the start of March we spent some time clearing snow off the main pathways and hedge tops, setting out onions and potatoes in the greenhouses and ordering our annual flower and … Continue reading Spring news from the Landscape Team
READ MOREPROTECT PAINSHILL FROM THE A3 DEVELOPMENT Highways England are proposing a number of changes to the M25 & A3 roads which will have a major negative impact on Painshill (Grade 1 listed landscape garden). Highways England’s proposed preferred development will ‘grab land’ from Painshill, meaning areas of the landscape will be lost forever under the … Continue reading Sign the petition & help protect Painshill from the A3 Development
READ MOREThe plants are telling us that ‘spring has sprung’ … but has it? Apart from the gorgeous drifts of white throughout the Landscape from the snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) we have started to be warmed by the sunshine yellow of the wild daffodils or “Lent Lillies” (Narcissus psuedonarcissus). They pop-up each year around this time culminating … Continue reading End of winter news from the Landscape Team
READ MOREAs part of this preparation and tidying work we completed the annual pruning of the vines in the Vineyard. There are quite a few vines and it takes a large team effort to prune them all. We start by selecting the best “cane” for next year and our “spur”.
READ MOREWith works now well underway on the restoration of The Temple of Bacchus, contractor, Cliveden Conservation, have been working hard over the last year to reinstate the original vision and concept of the brilliantly imaginative designer the Hon. Charles Hamilton.
READ MOREIs spring finally here? Are we out of winter yet? Perhaps we are best to adhere to the old saying of “don’t cast a clout till May is out!” – Or do not pop away the winter woollies just yet.
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