My Garden

The Rosemoor Visitor Centre has been kitted out with some brand new toilets – and not only do they look good, they are also helping to be kind to the environment – one of the RHS’s driving goals. The ladies toilets have been completely gutted and re-vamped, and equipped with toilets with the lowest volume of flush available in the UK – using less than half the amount of water than the old ones!

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It is a real joy to see (and hear) so many birds in and around the garden – especially at this time of year when they are so much more visible, with no leaves on the trees. They do appreciate some supplementary feeding to see them through the winter, and we have got several feeding stations around the garden, which provide a great opportunity for the visitors to watch the birds at close quarters.

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Today has been an exciting day for me.  Why? - Well, I absolutely love ferns and I had been given the opportunity to customise an existing fernery that I had recently taken under my wing.

The fernery is situated on the track to the rear of Rosemoor House, and can be reached from either end of the Exotic Garden

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The two trees in question, an Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) and an Alder (Alnus glutinosa), were overhanging a path and needed to be removed.  To prevent the tree from becoming 'hung up' on surrounding trees the Ash was felled using a standard felling cut called a dog tooth cut.

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Matt Fry and I (Phil Peard) on the Estates Department have various tasks to carry out during the year, some interesting some not, some hot and others cold -very cold!

It was a typical Devon winter’s day; the sun was just coming up over the tree tops and the decision was made to remove the stone (gabion) basket from in front of our water extraction point on the River Torridge. The 600mm pipe had become silted up, but to clear it safely we had to wait until the river had dropped enough for us to actually climb down the bank & stand in the river with our waders on.  We had also decided to wait until the temperature had risen from around -7ºC to a balmy -2ºC

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The autumn and winter months present an ideal opportunity to carry out essential tree work, which makes this a busy time for our tree care specialists. The work takes a variety of forms, such as the de-limbing of regal old oaks (Quercus robur) for reasons of safety and plant health, with the aid of a Mobile Elevated Work Platform (MEWP) and chainsaw as seen here.

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With all this rainy weather, the snails at Rosemoor are having a field day! These ones were found on one of our signs here at Rosemoor, and Gardener Dave Squire thought they might be having a conversation along the following lines...!

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WEEVILS IN THE VINES

When we were potting on our young grapevine plants just before Christmas we found a few vine weevil larvae among their roots.

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