Now's the time

If you were ever to visit the walled gardens at Holkham now is the time, our flagship planting in the "second room" is currently in its peak period and must not be missed.  Planted with thousands of herbaceous perennials the garden room is currently a sea of colour and movement.

Since the last post we have planted our events space where we host weddings, open air theatre and our annual plant fair in September. We have tried to use plants in this space that you won't find elsewhere in the garden, this will hopefully give a different ambiance than the typical cottage garden feel found in abundance throghout the rest of the garden.

We continue to produce fresh vegetables and cut flowers to the hall and with the help of our  increasingly valuable volunteers we continue to raise horticultural standards.

The plants in our vineyard march onwards towards their ultimate "Guyot" form which will give us an abundance of grapes in return for relatively low maintenance.


We even managed to find time to thank our team of volunteers for their efforts with an exclusive BBQ in the walled gardens where they work so hard.

We recently employed a new team member in Helen who is our new project manager.  Helen will work on our bid to achieve funding from the Lottery to restore our ageing glasshouses.  This is really exciting as the Walled Gardens project is really gaining momentum.  Exciting times ahead, we will keep you posted.

New Roses

New Garden Area
 

A look at all the new planting which has gone in since February. We are just about to plant the new rose garden in the middle. Over one hundred roses are being delivered tomorrow - most are in flower now so will look great from the off.

Newly Potted Plants

Sale Plants

Our plants for the sales area and shop. Just growing on. There are such delights as:
Rhodochiton Purple Bells, Plectranthus, Millet and many more

Samuel Wyatt's Vinery

 



Samuel Wyatt's Vinery

Preparation work before we start to repair the rotting beams. This is a long job as the building department have to source 10 metre long beams from Sweden.

Under the gardens

Heating Tunnels

This is just some of the pipe work from the old heating system under the pathways which run from the boiler houses to the greenhouses. It goes to show the detailed work which must have gone on to build the walled garden over 150 years ago.

The Arena of Plants

The Arena of Plants
 

The Arena of Plants area in the Walled Gardens is now taking shape. The gravel paths have been relaid and beds and been planted. Plants are taking shape as the weather warms up.

Peach trees planted

Young peach tree planted

Peaches have been planted and are growing along the back wall in one of the greenhouses along with tomato plants and baby leaf salad. The harvest provides the hall and any surplus goes to the Victoria Inn. A new project will be starting shortly growing exotic mushrooms from the old mushroom house at the gardens.