Hello Everyone The mixed weather of sun and rain we've been having has brought a lushness to Myddelton and I think it's looking lovelier than ever. First of all I would just like to let you know that Jill Kidger is holding her annual exhibition of botanical paintings in the Stable Gallery off of the courtyard from Monday 3rd June to Sunday 9 June. It will be open daily from 10 until 4. All proceeds go to the garden. Starting this month with the Front lawn which is an enticing welcome to visitors. The bed with bamboo and grasses has been rejuvenated and looked very tidy, photo 1. The centre bed of mixed planting looked lovely in the sunshine, photo 2, and the flowers on the Paeonia suffrutico
They have taken 2 years to develop and are the best showing of Echiums I have seen at Myddelton so far….
Bryan has put together a small display of paintings by E A Bowles not previously shown to the public and can be seen in the little Museum in the Visitors Centre.
Hello Everyone Well, after the glorious weather we've had over the Easter weekend I think we all feel that Spring has arrived. I love this time of year when everything is shooting out and sprouting up. It's a joy to walk around the garden looking to see what has survived another winter. The area outside the Visitors Centre is a lovely welcome to the garden. The dark purple pittosporum provides a perfect backdrop to the tulips and grape hyacinths, photo 1. My first stop is the Wisley Corner, photo 2. A perfect spot to sit and enjoy the view. The Ipheion uniflorum 'Wisley Blue' is spreading out nicely, photo 3. Opposite this area I noticed that the Epimedium warleyense is flowering, the delica
