Due to the latest Government announcement and advice please note our opening times are: Tuesday to Friday 1pm – 4pm. Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm. Closed Mondays. Please note the Café and all buildings on site will remain closed until further notice. Graham Richardson (Garden Manager)
We have a lot of redcurrants in the garden which are ready now. If you don’t fancy making your own Redcurrant jelly, this sounds quite pleasant 🙂 9oz/255g redcurrants, stripped from stems 9oz/255g brown sugar crystals 3 star anise 2 small pieces of fresh mint 1 ½ pints/750ml white rum Put all the ingredients in…
In June the Elderflowers are in bloom and a lovely way to take advantage of this is to make Elderflower Champagne which is very easy to make and really refreshing in this very hot weather. The Outreach Officer gave a sample that she made recently and it’s lovely. It only has about 1.5% alcohol content…
Hello. Now that the weather is (hopefully) warming up a bit it is a favourite time of year for many people. The birds are singing and busy nest-building and there is plenty of blossom about, even though some trees/shrubs won’t be in full leaf for another month. As well as the obvious cherry we can…