I started off the week with an interesting and detailed tour of the House and its beautiful Gardens – this took many hours, as the property and wider estate is huge. The House consists of many interesting features from [...]
Have you ever done work experience? When I told friends and family I was going to be doing work experience, they recounted their tedious placements, where they spent their time just watching people work or making an endless supply [...]
Monthly garden update: May Garden Manager Andrew delights in sharing 'the darling buds of May' (mostly bluebells) with Chawton House visitors Bluebells galore! This month started with two very good Bluebell estate walks. The first was for twenty-two visitors [...]
Monthly garden update: April Garden Manager Andrew looks for ways to brighten the grounds during the April showers. Wet weather and me don’t make good bedfellows. Fortunately I don’t suffer with ‘seasonal affective disorder’ but continuous grey, miserable weather [...]
Monthly garden update: February As this snow-laden and snowdrop February comes to a close, Garden Manager Andrew looks forward to the new visitor season. February has been a month of anticipation and fret. Our Snowdrops began to bloom in [...]
Monthly garden update: January As Chawton House settles into the new year, Garden Manager Andrew looks forward to what 2018 will hold, and what still need to be done. It starts with a mild nagging feeling that tugs at [...]
Monthly garden update: November As winter approaches and the workload gets more intense, Garden Manager Andrew tells us how he's preparing for winter Years of experience have taught me that I can’t slacken off the pace at this time [...]
Monthly garden update: OctoberAs the nights draw in and the leaves fall from the trees, Garden Manager Andrew discusses autumnal challenges."O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild, Should waste [...]
Monthly garden update: September Garden Manager Andrew Bentley tells us about the latest garden happenings as we come to the end of September. “Fall, leaves, fall; die, flowers, away; Lengthen night and shorten day; Every leaf speaks bliss to [...]
Monthly garden update: August As Autumn begins in earnest, Garden Manager Andrew Bentley reflects on the end of summer Generally in the gardening world August is a ‘quiet’ month. There's a lull from frantic activity as plants (including weeds!) [...]