‘March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers’
Spring is well ahead this year. We had deep, lying snow at the beginning of March 2018 and some very low overnight temperatures, but this year has been the warmest February to date and...
Category: Gardens
“Voices of Spring”
We have been pruning apple trees this week. Not just any old apple trees but the old, gnarled, overgrown, Victorian trees planted in the Walled Garden and at other places on the Estate. Mature...
“Green winter, white Easter?”
On New Year’s Day, 2019, I went up to the house to feed our stray cat and came home with three snowdrop flowers. Such a mild start to 2019, I’m sure you’ll agree, but...
December!!!
Suddenly it is December – and the year is rushing to a close. On the 17th of the month, we shall have been the legal owners of Bannockburn House for the first of what we hope...
Sleeping Giants
“If you have nothing to do, go plant a tree and it will grow while you sleep” Hard-working Team All our gardening work is carried out by a hard-working, cheery team of volunteers who...
Autumn Colours & Lime Trees
“The falling leaves Drift by the window The autumn leaves Of red and gold…” Autumn Colours What a stunning, colourful Autumn this has turned out to be. The leaves are such wonderful shades...
September Gardening Blog
September Song “But it’s a long, long while From May to December And the days grow short When you reach September” September September is such a special month – it starts warm and...
We need you!
Walled Gardens, Soft Fruit & Orchards As most of our followers and supporters know Bannockburn House now belongs to the community. However, it is not just the house we own. We own the main house, outbuildings...
‘A’ is for Apple
And so, as the year turns onwards, we find ourselves harvesting apples and picking the first of the rich black brambles. Our apple trees this year are absolutely laden with fruit and we have...
Voices from the Past
What an exciting time we have been having recently In the last three weeks we have been visited by two former gardeners who were employed (not simultaneously) by Miss Mitchell in the 1950’s. It...
