John Edwards, Chair of the Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust said: “We would like to thank the thousands who visited the gardens during our final weekend, which was a great success. Over 4,000 visitors flocked to the gardens for our Easter event, many of those were first-time visitors to the site and everyone… Read more »
Posts Categorised: What’s new in the Gardens
Wentworth Castle Gardens Closure
John Edwards, Chair of the Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust said : “It is with sadness we have decided that the gardens will have to close to the public from Spring 2017. “In recent years we have not been able to make enough money to cover the running costs required to manage the… Read more »
Glorious Azaleas
May and June are wonderful months in the Gardens and the azaleas are glorious again this year. Some of them are fully open now and others are still tightly in bud, which means that there will be flowers for several weeks to come. The perfume of the flowers is part of their attraction, very sweet… Read more »
Yellow to Blue
The yellow of the daffodils is fading, and the bright hues of the bluebells are starting to appear, both in the Gardens and the Parkland. Ivas Woods, out in the Parkland, has one of the biggest areas of bluebells; they relish the shade of the woodland. Look up and you may see the herons nesting,… Read more »
Hosts of Golden Daffodils …….
and primroses and rhododendrons. Yes, even yellow rhododendrons are in flower in the Gardens. We expect rhododendrons to be white, pink, red and purple but we have yellow ones in flower in the Wilderness Gardens. There are other early rhododendrons in flower, along with the first of the magnolias, Magnolia campbellii, a large tree with blooms of… Read more »
Weird Weather
It’s been weird weather over this last six months; an incredibly mild autumn followed by deluges of rain and flooding. Like us, the garden plants are very confused; already there are daffodils in flower locally, while in other places, the snowdrops are hardly poking through the soil. However, there are signs of spring around, snowdrops… Read more »
Golden Autumn Days
The leaves are starting to lose the green hues of summer and turn to gold, orange and red. On a sunny day, even the air seems golden, and the berries on the trees and shrubs are starting to stand out from the surrounding foliage, ready for the birds to pick them off in order to… Read more »
Colourful dahlias
As you start the route around the gardens, the John Arnold Garden is the first you come to, and the colourful dahlias are one of the first things to catch your eye. They come in small and large, simple and complicated petal arrangements but all are vibrant in colour. The simpler flower shapes are loved… Read more »
Summer scents and sights
As soon as you enter the conservatory, the scent of the jasmine greets you. This small white flower packs a mighty punch of perfume for its size. Much more impressive in terms of size, which also have a wonderful scent, are the spires of the Asiatic lilies. These stems of white flowers reach up to… Read more »
I’ll Name that Flower in …….
This month’s challenge is a bit easier than the last one. Can you identify these plants that are all in bloom somewhere in the Gardens at the moment? Common names will do. Anybody who replies or shares the competition on Facebook will be entered into a monthly prize draw to win a season ticket to… Read more »