Coming along and volunteering in Howden Walled Garden finally paid off as everyone pitched in to make the first ever pot of Green Gym jam! First of all the fruit was picked, all the blackcurrants (not redcurrants as ...
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Fruits of our Labour are Flourishing
So proud in the garden today! Our wee apple tree got it’s first apple last year and this year has a whopping 14!
The other fruit tree has never had any fruit…up until now and is proudly sporting 3 green apples!
The ...
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Summertime….and the garden is growing…..
A lot has been happening in the garden over the last few months – it’s certainly the growing season! For things we want to grow and things we don’t necessarily want to grow as much as they have been! We have peas, rocket, a ...
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WHO’S BEEN HOWKIN’ OOT THE HOSTAS?!
First proper lovely sunny day of spring with a hint of summer in the garden. This meant all hands on deck to weed the planting plots and finally get things in the ground! We dug out any remaining weeds, raked over the soil ...
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Is Spring Springing with the help of Hazel?
It’s been a while since we’ve updated about the goings on in the garden, but we’re here at last to let you all know of our latest project – a natural hazel turf seat! We coppiced the two hazel trees in the garden, much to ...
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