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GILMERTON HOUSE KITCHEN GARDEN
Apple blossom in the air Wonderful to see our new apple trees flowering their socks off despite this last fiercely cold week with winds that made us all think it was January rather than the start of spring. Our volunteers have made an excellent job of planting all our new trees completing half of our new orchard – all beautifully set out and looking very neat and tidy – we will be labelling up individual trees with your names on them and tree friends are very welcome to come and visit the garden to see their trees in place. To continue the planting of our orchard and… Read more »
MAR/APR 2017 MUSINGS
MAR/APR 2017 MUSINGS by Maz Gardening Volunteer at Tatton Park Walled Kitchen Garden, Knutsford, Cheshire Hazel, Alder and Willow catkins greet the traveller towards Tatton Park; ‘bread-and-cheese’ or Hawthorn is greening up the hedgerows, primroses and daffodils line the lane and ‘bridal veil’ (Spiraea) and winter Cherry is in the pink. Magnolias in the Gardens are magnificent, and the early Rhododendrons are blooming. Clearing up continues after Storm Doris’s rampage. Some trees it was thought would come down as they host bracket fungus didn’t, but seemingly healthy trees have. Seed sowing for the Kitchen Garden has commenced in earnest; Leeks, Brassicas various, Broad Beans and greenhouse crops are sown in… Read more »
Vacancy for Horticulturist – Edibles RHS Rosemoor
Horticulturist- Edibles Rosemoor, Torrington EX38 8PH 37.5 hours per week Any 5 days out of a 7 day period Staff Level – Horticulturist Level I – Circa £19,640 RHS Garden Rosemoor is an enchanting garden set in the beautiful Torridge Valley, designed to provide year round interest and inspiration to all gardeners and garden lovers. An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our unique and inspirational Fruit and Vegetable garden, potager and Teaching gardens here a wide variety of crops are grown and displayed all year round to inspire our visitors along with creating a visual spectacle. We are looking for a passionate grower with an eye for… Read more »
Booking Form Forum 2017
To download the booking form go to The Grapevine or click Read More and then on the link below Booking form – West Dean 2017 PDF
Gilmerton Kitchen Garden Video
June Tanish writes. . . At the beginning of the month I was asked along to give a workshop at this year’s Trellis conference. These annual conferences are always excellent for ideas, inspiration and networking and well worth attending. I thought I would talk a bit about volunteering and offer some of my own experience in recruiting and motivating volunteers. One of the things that I thought would be interesting to show folk would be what some or our own volunteers thought, why they became involved and what they want out of their own involvement. Initially planning a short video clip on my phone (!) things spiraled into something quite… Read more »
Gilmerton Kitchen Garden March Newsletter
Orchard beginnings… Its wonderful to see the start of our tree planting in the garden – we are setting out and planting our new orchard, some of the trees already purchased by our new members last December. If you haven’t yet been sent your certificate these will be coming out by the end of the month. The soil is quite compacted in this part of the garden so we will be digging biggish holes for these new trees and mixing the soil with lots of good organic matter before they go in. Our thanks to Diana Simcock for her generous contribution of a bulk bag from Garden Solutions to dig… Read more »
Grape Bottles Wanted
We have had a request from Gerd Schurig, a curator in the garden department of the Foundation of Prussian Castles and Gardens. He is also a member of the German Kitchen Garden Network. He is hoping to buy one or two patent Copped Hall grape bottles to exhibit in a historic reconstruction of fruit preservation in the garden at Sanssouci. If anyone reading this message has any Copped Hall grape bottles to spare would they please contact Gerd Schurig, wiss. Mitarb. Gartendenkmalpflege Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Gartendirektion PF 60 14 62 14414 Potsdam Tel. 0331 / 96 94 234 g.schurig@spsg.de
Kitchen Gardner wanted for Chiswick House
Kitchen Gardener (Part time – 4 days per week) 12 month temporary contract Salary: £16,800p.a. (£21,000 FTE) This is a wonderful opportunity to be a key member of our gardens team working at the award-winning Chiswick House and Gardens. We are looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated, reliable gardener to lead in the development and running of our productive kitchen garden. The ideal candidate will be an experienced gardener, with a good knowledge of growing produce and general horticulture. To apply: Please read the job description which can be found at www.chgt.org.uk Applications should be received no later than 9am on Monday 27th March, by CV and covering letter, explaining… Read more »
JAN/FEB 2017 MUSINGS
JAN/FEB 2017 MUSINGS by Maz Gardening Volunteer at Tatton Park Walled Kitchen Garden, Knutsford, Cheshire I start my blog with good wishes to all WKGN members for a splendid gardening year. My thanks to the lovely Elizabeth for her words of encouragement. A grey day didn’t dampen the spirits of 15 of the Tuesday Team as they started their garden volunteering year with a walk through the Parkland, passing the two herds of Red and Fallow Deer, and the Millennium Wood, to Knutsford for coffee at a Turkish Café, then back to Tatton for lunch in the Stables Restaurant. This now traditional walk gears us up to start back to work… Read more »
FORUM 2017
Our next Annual Forum will take place at WEST DEAN WALLED KITCHEN GARDEN on the 23rd and 24th of September. Further details will follow but in the meantime please contact Lucy Pitman at lucypitman@virginmedia.com if you have any queries or comments.