Wollerton Old Hall Garden

The display tubs are coming on quite well.The tulips were removed in second week in May and apart from the travelling hydrangea ‘ Limelight’,were potted up with our rooted cuttings. These were Lavandula dentata , salvias cacaliifolia and ‘Mystic Spires’ and heliotrope ‘Dame Alice de Hales’.If any space appears , then first reserve will be the silver Plectranthus.

The new oak from 3/23 is weathering in nicely.

Lots of beautiful Wollerton plants on their way to new homes! Many of our plants are propagated on site from plants in the garden. We primarily propagate by cuttings, division and seed collection. We are more than happy to advise where our plants would be happiest in your garden and how to keep them healthy and growing on. The gardens are open to the public Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays (leaving other days open for visiting groups) The tearoom is also open on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. Why not come and be inspired and take home a new treasure for your garden!

We were told years ago that there were 2 plants that could never be overwatered; roses and clematis! Hence a good year for the latter and the best here at the moment is Hagelby Pink.

What a difference a few months make! (Big thanks to Charlie for doing an amazing job in cleaning up the poly tunnel)

Oh so beautiful!

The Portuguese Laurel ‘umbrellas’ in the Old Garden, being given a bit of a trim today. The surprise downpour didn’t make it any easier 🤣

Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’ is in flower in the courtyard garden! I’ve had to wait this week for a flower to open lower down so that I could give you a comparison to show how truly epic these flowers are!!

Iris ensata ‘Rose Queen’, a fantastic marginal Iris. Come and visit this weekend, see this beautiful Iris in flower, join a free Head Gardeners tour (2pm Friday - normal admission price applies) and have lunch in the tearoom, just perfect!!

Wollerton Old Gardens is featured on Gardeners Word this Friday! Filmed last year, Toby Buckland takes a particular look at the delphiniums that are currently looking fantastic, with more yet to flower

Time to cut the Yews in the Yew Walk! Couldn’t have got it all done today without Charlie’s newly honed skills and Ruth. Ruth works in the ticket office and also volunteers in the garden, she has been absolutely invaluable today clearing up behind us so we’re ready to greet visiting groups tomorrow. Big thanks to Charlie and Ruth

Charlie has done the most amazing job of creating some new willow edging in the Courtyard garden. A brand new skill for Charlie and something he never knew he could do! It always a little frustrating working with natural materials but he overcame all the little problems to create this effective edging. These willow rods have been steamed to bring out the tannins and create a darker colour. They were then soaked in water for three days to make them more pliable before being woven. This simple but effective edging really compliments the style of the house, the Courtyard garden and the simple planting of Wollerton Old Hall rose.

We are now open Thursdays, Fridays, Sundays and Bank Holidays through the summer. So come and be inspired!

The planting in the newly designed Well Garden continues! The white lavenders mirror the Dahlia Aspire Marie in the opposite bed, both planted centrally with Clematis ‘Forever Friends’. Big thank you to the designer Pip Smith for dropping off the Lavenders and grasses early this morning!! .design

Please note, normal admission prices apply but the tour is free. See you there!!

The pots they are a’changing!!

The weather is changing and so are the pots! The Dahlias have been hardened off and are bursting out of their winter homes, we’ll be getting them potted up and out ready for their summer in the spotlight.

Time to tidy the topiary

Getting everything set up to start refreshing the planting in the Long Walk. Thankfully our wonderful volunteers will be here to help move plants, remove plants and replant plants!! Come and see how we’ve got on this weekend, we’re open an extra day this weekend as it’s a Bank Holiday! Check our website for details!

Come and visit this bank holiday, we’re open Friday, Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday. As an added bonus you’ll be able to see the magnificent Highdown Peony in bloom!

First Head Gardeners garden tour of the season was great fun today and as an added bonus the weather was lovely too! The tours are free (normal admission price applies), and are held at 1pm on the last Friday of the month. Come and learn a little about the history of the garden, how it was created, how it’s maintained and about the seasonal plants.

The Croft has been closed for a little while due to the weather and needing a bit of a tidy. There’s still a bit of work to do, but this much more informal area of the garden leading down from the Croft Garden will be open again this weekend. Charlie, our gardener, has put in lots of hard work, marking out paths, barrowing woodchip and clearing. He has also worked hard to research the plants we have started to plant out so he’s making sure it’s ’right plant, right place’!

We’ve got a bank holiday on the horizon!! Wollerton Old Hall Garden is open on Bank Holidays as well as Fridays and Sundays. From June we’re open an extra day in the week too. Lots of opportunities to come and visit!!

The beautiful Halesia Carolina is in flower in our newly designed Well Garden! This beautiful tree (which can also be a shrub!) is known as the Carolina Silverbell or the Snowdrop tree. Come and see this graceful tree whilst it’s still in flower this weekend. We are open Friday and Sunday and the tearoom will be ready to serve you cake and tea!

Come and join us for a summer stroll, glass of wine and supper! Contact [email protected] or call 01630 685760 to book tickets 🌞

The beautiful pollarded Tillia platyphyllos rubra in the Lime Allee are just starting to show their leaves and yes, that is blue sky behind them!!