Gardening never stops! In November the volunteer gardening group tidied the border on the top lawn and created a new edge.
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Border Edge
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Volunteering Activities in the Formal Garden
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Long Border
During October the Wednesday Gardening Volunteers focused their activities on the winder bedding plants in the formal beds. But with the good weather, the Long Border continued to grow strongly. A “tidy up” removed a trailer full of trimmings.
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My My My Dahlia
In spring 2023, the garden volunteers planted over 50 Dahlias throughout the old rose garden, long border and rockery. As is often the case with gardening, not everything grew as anticipated, and not all matured into flowering plants. However, those that did have made a spectacular show. If we have a mild winter, there is […]
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Formal Garden Flower Beds
The Formal Garden flower beds are looking spectacular this year. Mostly planted by volunteers under the guidance of Wollaton Park Staff. A least we’ve not had to worry about watering this year! The formal garden is laid out in a symmetrical pattern, with geometric-shaped flower beds, lawns, a rockery, statuary, and topiary. There is also […]
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Many Hands…
A fantastic turnout for this Wednesday’s gardening session, with over 40 volunteers to prepare the formal flower beds for the summer. The regular volunteers were joined by corporate teams from Experian, Capital One and Freeths. Tasks included clearing the winter bedding plants, ready for summer bedding, preparing the flower beds, and starting the summer planting […]
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The Old Rose Garden
There are old photographs of the formal garden showing an area to the side of the Camellia house full of roses. As the trees grew the area became unsuitable for roses, and the plants slowly deteriorated and most were removed many years ago. Friends of Wollaton Park planted the box hedges several years ago, and […]