May ‘Blossom Time’
One of the abiding joys of Spring is the fact that many deciduous trees waken up from their winter dormancy and burst into flower. They are festooned in fragile blossom and look absolutely stunning...
Category: Volunteer Blog
‘Flying ‘Peacocks’ and an ‘Albatross’
‘Peacock’ butterfly A hive of activity There is a lot of activity at the house just now because we have had various teams carrying out surveys. Ecology, topographical and geophysical surveys – basically attempting...
‘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...
“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...
Bannockburn House & its links with Stan Laurel . . .
Stan & Ollie Movie Cold, dark months Now that the glitz and overindulgence of the festive period is well behind us, we turn our attention to the cold, dark months that are always present...
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...
