Well the last week here at Harlow Carr has been rather a wet one. Much of the site is waterlogged, but we have been quite lucky in that most of the rain has fallen during the night, the days have been quite sunny and warmish, the first snowdrops are showing their heads and many of the hamamelis are well... 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..