by Anna | May 26, 2015 | Latest Visitor Information
Every Friday in June at 11am, one of our friendly garden team will be giving an introduction to the beautiful gardens at Hestercombe.
by Claire Reid | May 5, 2015 | Gardeners Blog
This cute little house and garden is on the Castle Drogo estate and was built as a childrens garden. Quite adorable! Gertrude Jekyll was a big fan of childrens gardens and in fact wrote a book on it. She encouraged whole minature kitted out houses so that kids could...
by Claire Reid | May 5, 2015 | Gardeners Blog
Thought I would share some new plantings in the garden that are looking great – alongside some old favourites. There are several Choisya in the gardens and they are full of flowers at the moment. The Cistus are coming out on sunny days. I love their...
by Claire Reid | May 5, 2015 | What's Happening at Hestercombe
There are a few perks to being a gardener at Hestercombe- one is the huge amounts of left over cake from the restaurant!
by Claire Reid | Apr 24, 2015 | Gardeners Blog
due to the early warm weather the echevarias, that are stored in the poly tunnel until the last of the frosts, are really romping away!! I love the succulant green leaves with these odd looking pink flowers.
by Claire Reid | Apr 24, 2015 | Gardeners Blog
I heard a small child in the garden yesterday saying ‘mummy why are there all these giant toilet rolls in the garden?’- so I thought that I had better explain…. They are shrub guards to protect the shrub from being nibbled by rabbits/squirrels etc....
