A new film adaptation of The Secret Garden, starring Colin Firth and Julie Walters has landed in UK Cinemas and on Sky Cinema - and Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens is one of the stunning garden locations! Based on the 1911 novel by…
Now our Plant Centre is open again, we've got an excellent stock of some of the rarer plants everyone associates with Abbotsbury Gardens. We’ve been busy looking after our plants during the lockdown and have masses of even bigger and better…
I couldn’t believe it when I looked at my blog page, it was last updated over a year ago so it's about time I put down some thoughts. I have been caught up in the a tendency to use the…
Everyone involved with managing a garden with important botanical collections across the country can vouch that this last winter was a tricky one. I’ve heard of major plant loss in several historic gardens because of the unpredictable late winter and…
I had a quick walk about in the garden this morning, avoiding the running rills of excess water as it's still pouring off the hills and washing the gravelled paths down into the stream. Only a couple of weeks…