16th June

…My mother was very keen on these sibericas and there are still some outside The Rabbit Warren in a damp shady place. Iris siberica ‘Butter and Sugar’ Iris siberica ‘Butter

13th March

…‘Alba’ perfect also today. Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butter’ below Tin Garden. Rhododendron ‘Mrs Butter’ Camellia reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ just out. Camellia reticulata ‘Dr Clifford Parks’ Camellia reticulata…

19th July

…shop. This dairy farming family have just branched out and built their own dairy where they produce their own milk, cream, butter and cheese. Quite an enterprise and one of…

17th September

…in the Bottom Lodge, to overwinter the 2 or 3 large cows that provided milk and butter to the castle. English Heritage originally listed it as an ‘ice house’ in…