It’s sixty years since we first rented this site from Weymouth Brick & Tile Co., which were part of the Putton Brickworks in Chickerell. The disused clay-pits had flooded from ground water which created a series of lakes. The site needed clearing in preparation for planting the following year, when […]
Plants
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On Saturday we hosted a 35th Anniversary Open Day for Plant Heritage. Joint custodian of the collection James Bennett gave visitors a guided tour of the gardens and the National Collection of Water Lilies, the largest such collection of its kind in Britain. “This year marks 55 years for us since the original […]