PUBLIC PLACES


Self set silver birch has been tackled over the winter; recent investment in machinery means the logs can be collected and processed


Yew has been trimmed back and trees felled around the bushes to give more light to the grass walkways


“We’ve felled around the yew and trimmed it back to open up the avenues where vegetation has encroached. Shade-tolerant grass will then be seeded to green up the walkways.”


Protecting newly seeded areas is difficult - the layout of the park and gardens was designed to encourage wandering - and rope cordons have proved ineffective.


Some areas lend themselves to being resurfaced with woodchip or limestone dust - old drawings revealed a pathway on the popular walking circuit around the lake, so a new hard surface has been laid. “We have to bear in mind that we are managing the park for a much bigger footfall than originally envisaged, so may have to use different methods,” comments Gill. Walled gardens were originally established to grow fruit and vegetables, with the Earl’s pineapples regular prize winners, but the glasshouses which warmed plants on the tall brick walls fell into disrepair and, in the 1970s, the council established an Old English Garden inside the walls, which was a major success. The walls had deteriorated and are gradually being painstakingly repaired.


As repairs are completed, the gardens come back to life - part of the plant nursery has been turfed and fenced off for a wedding reception venue, alongside vegetable beds, tended by voluntary groups, and the gardeners’ polytunnels, where young plants are propagated.


Herbaceous borders which were


taken out during the wall renovations are to be restored to a new design by head gardener Anna Morrison and, in the coming weeks, it will be sanded, dug, laid out and planted with a flowing scheme.


A central lawned and landscaped section of the walled garden is utilised


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