I always look for these little white lanterns on the strawberry tree this time of year. They turn into strawberry-like fruits shortly – but they are not much good to eat!

We are delighted to publish today Ed Drewitt’s report about our survey of the park and surrounding area. Working with Ed has been a privilege and has resulted in a report of great interest with recommendations about future care of our area that you might enjoy. You can access it here.

You may have noticed that we have been doing lots of clearing in the orchard recently. The idea is to clear off the scrub once each year and make compost which can then be added to the trees and bushes the next year.

It is also to get the orchard ready for its tenth anniversary in 2021! The first trees were planted in February 2011 and we are hoping, lockdowns permitting to have a celebration some time next year.

I am afraid that we had to cancel our work session this Saturday Nov 14th for obvious reasons but if anyone would like to do some work on their own on the orchard, please let me know and I can offer some ideas of jobs to do.

We placed this little plaque on the painted stones garden this week. It has been beautifully hand made by Genevieve Whittle Ford of Gennywren Silver. We are very grateful for her work.

Best wishes for the lockdown. i am sure your spirits were lifted, as mine were, by news of the vaccine. Better times to come.