Latest News from the Garden

Some of you who follow our Facebook page will have seen that we already have snowdrops out in the garden, including the lovely Galanthus plicatus “Three Ships” pictured here.   I have also been writing about other winter flowering plants in the current edition of Living North Magazine. Beautiful snowdrops and aconites peeking through the snow are a sure sign that the daffodils and tulips of spring won’t be far behind. You can read the article in full http://www.livingnorth.com/northeast/gardening/wonderful-winter-garden

Our Meadow Features in The Telegraph Telegraph Garden Writer, Ken Phillips used our meadow, including a beautiful photo, as an example of a traditional meadow as opposed to an annual meadow in this article, some of which is here…. “How meadows were lost in the long grass The popularity of the ‘annual meadow’ has led to some unrealistic ideas about wildflowers Delightful: a true wildflower meadow, such as the one at Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, will never contain an annual poppy Photo: Stillingfleet Lodge Nurseries “A day or two after the end of last year’s summer opening season, I visited Stillingfleet Lodge Gardens, a few miles south of York. It is a delightful small space, basically cottage garden in style, with many unusual plants and chickens. It has just one startling bit of rectangular modernity to keep you on your toes. “Worth a long journey to visit,” says the RHS, and I…

We manage Stillingfleet Garden as an environment for wildlife, so it is always very exciting when we are rewarded by plenty of wildlife. David Baker, who many of you have met at the Wildlife Day, is a moth expert and regularly sets his moth traps in the garden. He was very excited by the latest finds from his traps at the end of July.