A walled garden in spring
The walled garden at Guy’s Cliffe
is beginning to show signs of spring.
I joined as a volunteer in October last year, and have been keeping a photographic record of its progress. In September, I visited as part of the Heritage Weekend and got hooked!
Visit my GCWG Pinterest page for a six-month visual archive.
Today, there were school visitors and a team of conservationists – quite a bustle. The highlight for me was the discovery of a baby newt. If you’re interested, there’s a new Guy's Cliffe Walled Garden website under construction.
The reason I went in the first place was because I was interested in Guy’s Cliffe house which inspired Gothic adventure, The Lost Orchid. As there was a plant nursery across the road, I decided to write a botanical mystery, little knowing there was a walled garden just a few yards away. Even more uncanny is the fact that Bertie Greatheed, creator of the garden, was a fern fanatic.
I’m currently working on The Blackfern Conspiracy, the sequel to The Lost O…
I joined as a volunteer in October last year, and have been keeping a photographic record of its progress. In September, I visited as part of the Heritage Weekend and got hooked!
Visit my GCWG Pinterest page for a six-month visual archive.
Today, there were school visitors and a team of conservationists – quite a bustle. The highlight for me was the discovery of a baby newt. If you’re interested, there’s a new Guy's Cliffe Walled Garden website under construction.
The reason I went in the first place was because I was interested in Guy’s Cliffe house which inspired Gothic adventure, The Lost Orchid. As there was a plant nursery across the road, I decided to write a botanical mystery, little knowing there was a walled garden just a few yards away. Even more uncanny is the fact that Bertie Greatheed, creator of the garden, was a fern fanatic.
I’m currently working on The Blackfern Conspiracy, the sequel to The Lost O…