…children and very good too. On my table are the Shackleton family of Polar fame and a serious garden makeover (potential) customer from a nearby castle. Everyone very well animated…

…keepers have shot four roe bucks this week. One of them was in Kennel Close where his horn marks on young trees bear witness to what damage these newish garden…

…‘Red Admirals’ died by Donkey Shoe. Two groups planted in 1997 and 1998 but the plans now bear little resemblance to reality due to deaths and being planted too close…

…(Charles Williams) bought these? Azalea ‘Royal Command’ or ‘Golden Flare’ Azalea ‘Royal Command’ or ‘Golden Flare’ Very few bear any likeness to the relatively few varieties of well known deciduous…

…has been out for weeks is now over. Normally the two would overlap. Azalea ‘Fedora’ Azalea ‘Fedora’ The first hydrangea flower heads (white) are nearly out. Bear in mind that…

…St Aubyns in 1294! Mr Tremenheere was a campaigner for social justice (children in tin mines) and education reform in the mid-19th century. The last owner to bear this name.The…

…Podocarpus. The one with the largest base appears to be Ilex kingiana (formerly Ilex insignis). Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana The other two have been identified as Ilex latifolia but bear…

…The front of the Clandeboye House The bee house in a walled garden which apparently used to house a young Russian bear after the Marquis had shot its mother. The…