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I’ll Name that Flower in …….
This month’s challenge is a bit easier than the last one. Can you identify these plants that are all in bloom somewhere in the Gardens at the moment? Common names will do. Anybody who replies or shares...
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Summer scents and sights
As soon as you enter the conservatory, the scent of the jasmine greets you. This small white flower packs a mighty punch of perfume for its size. Much more impressive in terms of size, which also have...
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Colourful dahlias
As you start the route around the gardens, the John Arnold Garden is the first you come to, and the colourful dahlias are one of the first things to catch your eye. They come in small and large, simple...
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Golden Autumn Days
The leaves are starting to lose the green hues of summer and turn to gold, orange and red. On a sunny day, even the air seems golden, and the berries on the trees and shrubs are starting to stand out...
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Weird Weather
It’s been weird weather over this last six months; an incredibly mild autumn followed by deluges of rain and flooding. Like us, the garden plants are very confused; already there are daffodils in...
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Hosts of Golden Daffodils …….
and primroses and rhododendrons. Yes, even yellow rhododendrons are in flower in the Gardens. We expect rhododendrons to be white, pink, red and purple but we have yellow ones in flower in the...
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Yellow to Blue
The yellow of the daffodils is fading, and the bright hues of the bluebells are starting to appear, both in the Gardens and the Parkland. Ivas Woods, out in the Parkland, has one of the biggest areas...
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Glorious Azaleas
May and June are wonderful months in the Gardens and the azaleas are glorious again this year. Some of them are fully open now and others are still tightly in bud, which means that there will be...
View ArticleWentworth Castle Gardens Closure
John Edwards, Chair of the Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust said : “It is with sadness we have decided that the gardens will have to close to the public from Spring 2017. “In...
View ArticleThank you to our final weekend visitors
John Edwards, Chair of the Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust said: “We would like to thank the thousands who visited the gardens during our final weekend, which was a great success....
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