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Autumn is a very exciting time at Rosemoor as the garden explodes into colour! Our wonderful autumnal days are just perfect for a relaxing stroll around the Garden. The garden sits in a wooded valley which is itself turning colour, and once inside the gate you can marvel at the rich colours on trees...
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As part of Rosemoors’ Apple Day celebrations we were honoured to have been donated a ‘limited edition’ Bramley Apple tree that had been grafted from the original that is still going strong 200 years on in Nottinghamshire. The graft (one of 200) was donated to Rosemoor by the Worshipful Company of Fruiterers...
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Super fit Google Maps tryclist Rhys, and his Google Street View trike, visited Rosemoor this Thursday and Friday, to take photographs of the entire garden which will show up on Google Street View searches in the future. The initiative will put Rosemoor right on the virtual map, tempting people at home...
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It’s that time of year again! RHS Garden Rosemoor is getting ready for its ‘Taste of Autumn’ festival, which this year runs from 26 September – 26 October. The month will be dedicated to championing local produce, autumn flavours and growing your own veg through a series of special Garden events. This...
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It's not just the visitors at Rosemoor that are taking advantage of the warm weather this September: Some of our furry friends are making the most of it too! There were three incredibly cute looking mice in the Hot Garden yesterday afternoon, enjoying the sunshine and stuffing themselves on grasses...
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For the last few years we have suffered from blight on our glasshouse tomatoes. Prior to that it was very unusual to get blight in the house. It appeared this year on the 6th August. There are supposed to be more aggressive strains of blight around now and this could be the cause of our problem. Also...
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For the last two or three years we have had very little trouble from wasps but this year we have been plagued by them especially on the fruit. Great care is needed when picking or collecting drops in the morning not to get stung especially as the hornets are about as well. We have a good crop of figs...
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Australia week (17th – 23rd August), part of our Global Planthunter Adventures theme for the summer, was a great success with action packed events and activities happening everyday. The creepy crawly shows have had kids and parents on the edge of their seats and other novelties such as face painting...
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We estate people don’t mess around when it comes to cutting the estate boundary hedges; we could use an electric hedge trimmer but the extension cable wouldn’t be long enough; we could use a 2 stroke trimmer but we would be there all year So instead we hire contractors to do the job. The machines they...
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Meadow care 1 Here at Rosemoor we always try to garden with Wildlife in mind. To this end, the garden staff have gradually been extending the areas of grass given over to wild flower meadow. These areas are a haven for wildlife and have the added advantage of being beautiful informal swathes of colour...
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We have started summer pruning of our apples and pears which have been trained as cordons, fans and espaliers. These are called restricted forms as opposed to the normal orchard trees grown as a bush or half-standard, which are normally pruned in the winter. This type of pruning keeps the plants “restricted...
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The Long Borders at Rosemoor have been looking very colourful over the past couple of months, with good displays from the shrub roses, lupins, delphiniums, day lilies and Siberian irises, to name but a few plants. In order to maintain the momentum of interest in the borders so that they continue to look...
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Hello, my name is James and I volunteer at Rosemoor every Friday and I help my best friend, Penny. Also, I help other gardeners and work with the Maintenance Team. One of my favourite things is learning plant names. Every week I take a photo of a plant and learn the name. Then I add it to my portfolio...
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Leeks are always a reliable, normally trouble-free crop although recently Leek Moth is proving a real problem in some areas. Thankfully it has not arrived at Roesmoor yet. Our leeks were transplanted this week following the lifting of the early potatoes, caught by early blight. Leeks are normally sown...
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I have noticed over the last few years a “yellowing” of the leaves on the raspberries and on the affected plants a general unhealthy look. This normally occurs around early summer. My first reaction was that this was some form of lime-induced chlorosis but as Rosemoor soils are generally acidic it presented...
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