by Anna | Aug 15, 2019 | Blog
It’s mid-August which means the Formal Garden is blooming and it’s star turn, the Great Plat, has bundles of colour. Looking at the Plat from the Victorian Terrace, the scene is punctuated by cartoon-bright blooms: electric-blue delphiniums, coral and red...
by Anna | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog
For some time past very extensive additions and improvements have been made to the house with a view to its occupation by the Hon. Edward Berkeley Portman, Lord Portman’s eldest son . . . No less than 150 men have for some months been employed on the work and they are...
by Anna | Jul 11, 2019 | Blog
At this time of year our beautiful wildflower meadow is a haze of flowers with the hum of bees and the fluttering of butterflies. It’s a lovely spot to amble around on a summer’s day. Hay meadows have been part of the Hestercombe estate for centuries. The...
by Anna | Jun 19, 2019 | Blog, What's Happening at Hestercombe
We’re welcoming bees into a new home at Hestercombe, with the delivery of six hives for these humble honey makers. Ian Stiby and Rosie Ellis, who are beekeeping partners at Three Bridges Apriary, have brought the new colony to the orchards of Hestercombe so we can...
by Anna | Jun 18, 2019 | Blog
Tomorrow is Charcoal Burning Day at Hestercombe. It means an early start for our Gardens Team who will light the kiln at 5am and stay up at the Charcoal Burner’s Camp in the woods until it gets dark and the charcoal is made. We’re also open a little later than usual...
