Its been an exciting few weeks here at Harlow Carr, the development of the new alpine house is well under way! Andy and his team of contractors from Houseman and Falshaw have been battling through some really wet weather which has made the heavy clay soil really sticky to work with. First they carefully... Read more..

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..

What a change in the weather since I last wrote the blog on the 6 th Feb, then we were ankle deep in snow, whilst this week it’s been a good 8 degrees warmer and we’ve had some lovely heart warming sunshine. Tom and I have been working hard on our Island beds this week; lifting and dividing plants from... Read more..

Wisley has been looking fantastic with the warm weather. Everything is growing quickly now and looking fantastic; the Trials Field is awash with colour (you must see the delphiniums), the Cornus kousa are covered in their coloured bracts and the Glasshouse Landscape is looking delightful. And, of course... Read more..