My Garden

Hi I’m Kath and I am Harlow Carr Garden’s latest recruit. I work on the ornamental team ‘Gardens West’ and my permanent contract has just begun on the 1 st October. This is very exciting for me as I have worked for many years in the chocolate industry. Eventually, after doing 4 years at evening classes... Read more..

It's been fascinating watching the new Alpine House developing, now the area around it is being landscaped. A network of paths is being created around newly created raised beds leading towards the site of the new kitchen garden. The idea is to incorporate some rockwork into the walling in the raised... Read more..

This cold snap is a good chance to dig out those favourite woolly hats and gloves and get some soil cultivation done in the garden. The frost is a great help in breaking up the soil particles in some of the wetter areas of the garden which we are busy developing for next year. My team has been working... Read more..

What with Santa and the Reindeer turning up last Saturday, and all the festive snow and ice this week, the Harlow Carr garden has taken on a magical glow of Christmas! We have taken advantage of our heated glasshouse to catch up with our propagation work, picking over and removing all rotting leaves... Read more..

I’m sure your all aware that hear at Harlow Carr last week we received quite a heavy fall of snow. The gardens looked amazing but unfortunately had to shut. Since then we have been kept in an icy grip, and even now some areas of the garden still lie under a blanket of snow and ice, but this has not stopped... Read more..

This week at Harlow Carr has been another busy one, the weather has been rather good, and with all children getting in free this month the garden has been very busy. Even so all teams across the garden seem to be managing well and are all on top of their work making sure that everything is looking tip... Read more..

This time of year in so many ways is one of the most colourful times, mostly hot fiery shades from the clearest of yellows through to the deepest of purplish reds, and that’s just the autumn foliage. This however can vary greatly from year to year depending very much upon the temperatures and the ground... Read more..