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Ian LeGros

  • Location: RHS Garden Hyde Hall
  • Occupation: Curator
  • Date Joined: 12 Jul 2007

About Me

I joined the Hyde Hall team as an untrained assistant gardener in 1992, was promoted to Garden Superintendent in April 2005 and then to Curator in June 2006. Over the years I have been lucky enough to play a lead role in many of Hyde Hall’s landmark projects including setting out the Farmhouse Garden, the redevelopment of the Queen Mother’s Garden, and the creation of the Millennium Avenue and Wild Wood. Most recently I helped to co-design the new Robinson Garden which was opened in 2007.

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These are blog posts that Ian LeGros has made.

  • Diary notes - Mon 18 January - Crocus watch

    Published on 18 Feb 2008 at 03:31 PM

    At long last our Crocus are beginning to bloom

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  • Diary notes - 24 January - maintenance activities

    Published on 24 Jan 2008 at 01:37 PM

    During the winter months we like to carry out any maintenance or refrubishment tasks around the garden while there are fewer visitors to disturb

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  • Diary notes - 24 January - Wisteria pruning

    Published on 24 Jan 2008 at 01:28 PM

    At Hyde Hall you enter the eight-acre Hilltop Garden through a solid oak pergola draped with the wonderfully scented Wisteria brachybotrys 'Shiro-kapitan' and this needs to be pruned twice a year - in Janaury and June

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  • Hyde Hall Roses

    Published on 30 May 2008 at 04:00 PM

    The Rose Garden at Hyde Hall comprises six rectangular beds of David Austin English Roses set in an immaculate verdant green lawn. All these roses have been bred to combine the disease resistance and vigour of modern varieties, combined with the flower structure and fragrance of traditional roses. Many of them have repeat flowering flushes thus providing colour from June right through to November. The beds are grouped according to colour and are bounded by tightly clipped hedges of Buxus sempervirens and Taxus baccata, the deep green perfectly complementing the hues of the roses. Some noteworthy varieties include Rosa 'The Mayflower' which is incredibly disease resistant, Rosa 'Winchester Cathedral' which has a very compact pure white bloom and Rosa 'Scepter’d Isle', a deep red rose with an outstanding fragrance. Two climbing roses on modern style obelisks are situated on the corner of each bed

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  • Flower Festival

    Published on 04 Jun 2008 at 03:01 PM

    When the idea of a flower festival came about, one of my garden team members - Michelle Renwick - eagerly volunteered to 'dress' our events barn

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  • Dry Garden

    Published on 17 Jun 2008 at 05:32 PM

    Even if I say so myself, the Dry Garden is looking absolutely splendid at the moment!  Earlier rainfall this year, followed by the odd warm spell has seen the garden literally burst into bloom.  The vibrant shades of purples, oranges and yellows look amazing - not bad for a garden that is never watered

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  • Getting ready for the arrival of bee hives

    Published on 09 Jul 2008 at 10:11 AM

    Bee Hive development area

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  • Bee Hives on Site

    Published on 06 Aug 2008 at 03:22 PM

    I am pleased to announce that we now have bee hives at Hyde Hall

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