Welcome to our blog
March Fishing Round-Up
March 27, 2024Blog 2 – March 27th March started off with the river levels continuing to drop off from the high water in February. With not many guests out on the river, … Read More
Gordon Castle Fishing
March 15, 2024After a very destructive off season, with 5 significant storms, which caused considerable damage to our river banks and tracks, we did manage to get fishers on the river for … Read More
Winter Blog
February 9, 2024‘Anyone who thinks gardening begins in the spring and ends in the fall, is missing the best part of the whole year: for gardening begins in January with the dream.’ … Read More
I heard a bird sing in the dark of December
December 18, 2023I heard a bird sing In the dark of December, A magical thing, And sweet to remember: “We are nearer to spring Than we were in September.” Oliver Herford, “Hope,” … Read More
The earth is growing quiet
November 29, 2023“The earth is growing quiet. It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures. The bed is white and silent, and much life can hide beneath … Read More
‘Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.’
October 16, 2023“Anyone can count the seeds in an apple, but only God can count the number of apples in a seed.” ( Robert H Schuller) In The Walled Garden nearly one … Read More
This morning, the sun endures past dawn.
September 11, 2023“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realise that it is August: the summer’s last stand.” – Sara Baume Not so much a last stand but an ‘on growing’ … Read More
Glorious July
July 25, 2023Glorious July, flowers bloom, fruit and vegetables ripen, the garden beckons! A giant hare statue, redolent of psychedelic art, stands on sentry duty. He is one of 40 exhibited throughout … Read More
June the gateway to summer when…
June 21, 2023June the gateway to summer when… ‘The sun shines for you, birds sing for you, flowers bloom for you so don’t forget to smile for you!’ (Marjory Pay Hinkley) We … Read More
‘He who plants a garden plants happiness’
May 2, 2023There is an old Chinese proverb ‘He who plants a garden plants happiness .’ May for Gordon Castle is the busiest month of the year. The gardeners are indeed planting … Read More
Coronation Day Flowers
May 1, 2023A fanfare of colourful tulips and a beautiful floral crown welcomes visitors in celebration of a historic coronation day. However, a hand picked selection of Gordon Castle flowers travelled to … Read More
‘April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks GO!’
April 24, 2023‘April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks GO!’ Christopher Morley ( John Mistletoe) It certainly is all go for the gardeners and volunteers in The Walled Garden. … Read More
I love Spring anywhere..
March 22, 2023‘I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden!’ – Ruth Stout Snowdrops under foot, hidden under trees; crocuses emerging as buds … Read More
Winter is here, and Spring is just around the corner
February 2, 2023During the second week of January, on a day of bright winter sunshine I drove to Gordon Castle with baked goodies to cheer the gardeners hard at work in The … Read More
Christmas at The Walled Garden
December 19, 2022In the bleak midwinter, Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron. Water like a stone, Snow had fallen, Snow on snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long, … Read More
November in the Walled Garden
November 11, 2022‘She stands in tattered gold Tossing bits of amber, and jade, jewels of a year grown old November!’ (Zephyr Ware Tarver (1886-1974) The gardeners are hard at work with a … Read More
‘Apples, peaches, pears and plums.. please tell me when your birthday comes!
November 7, 2022‘Apples peaches, pears and plums please tell me when your birthday comes! Gordon Castle has not so much had a birthday but a harvest celebration which began back in … Read More
Season of Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness
October 13, 2022‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun: Conspiring with him how to load and bless, with fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run, to … Read More
A Mid-Summer Feast
August 9, 2022In a few short weeks the garden has transformed into a hive of activity; bees buzzing, the hum of chat as visitors enjoy wandering around the grounds. The gardeners delighted … Read More
Is it flaming June already?
June 29, 2022At last the weather has warmed and most cold winds have eased… we hope! The Walled Garden shelters vegetable beds are bursting with growth. Twelve varieties of lettuce like little … Read More