Meet the gardener
Name: Georgina Quin, known as George What’s your gardening experience / background: I studied RHS horticulture exams and Garden Design at Sparsholt College Hampshire. I have been a gardener for…
Tales from the Walled garden
Autumn bulb planting
Houghton Lodge Gardens closed for the season at the end of September following a tremendous 2016. We’ve seen the gardens bloom with every colour throughout the year from the tulips…
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Suffering with Box Blight? Whilst we love our jobs and enjoy being outside tending to plants and flowers, there can be some frustrating times. Perhaps when a plant, shrub or…
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How to prune fruit trees in the summer The last week of August is the time we start the summer pruning espalier fruit trees. At Houghton Lodge Gardens, there are…
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July JobsWe’re starting to think that summer has passed us by. Whilst the gardens are enjoying the regular watering they also need a good period of bright and warm sunshine. Not…
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Pretty peonies all in a row At Houghton Lodge Gardens, we are very proud of our Peony Walk. From the beginning of June the glamorous, blousy blooms line the paths under the rose…
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Doing the Chelsea Chop Now that the evenings are lighter for longer, there’s even more time to be pottering about in the garden to try and get the most from…
Gardeners’ Blog – Tales from the Walled Garden
It has thankfully become a lot more inviting outdoors.The wonderful thing about nature is whatever weather is thrown at the garden, we are at awe at how mother nature carries on regardless.Over the…