Around, around the garden.....
I was talking to some of our visitors at Athelhampton about the fabulous ham stone that makes the walls of the formal gardens, out of the...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 27, 2022
Colour, Colour and more Colour
At Athelhampton there is an abundance of beautiful flowers, in the Green Court, this Camellia adds a dash of vibrant scarlet red. ....
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Owen Davies
- Mar 25, 2022
Mother's Day Baking
At Athelhampton we are getting ready for a busy weekend, a batch of scones is being baked for our delicious cream teas. These scones are...
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- Mar 23, 2022
Magnolias
Many of our Magnolias at Athelhampton are flowering. In the Green Court, two Japanese Magnolia always present their delicate white...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 21, 2022
New beds equal more veg
In the kitchen garden at Athelhampton the gardening team have created new beds to increase our vegetable output. The beds are cleverly...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 19, 2022
Free electricity
Clear blue skies at Athelhampton mean plenty of sunshine for our project ‘Athelhampton Zero’, a combination of Solar PV + 12 Tesla...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 18, 2022
Mrs Harmsworth's bedroom reopens
This year we are opening more rooms at Athelhampton, the highlight will be the restored Elizabethan Kitchen, opening for the first time...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 17, 2022
Seedlings & more
It’s a busy time for the gardening team at Athelhampton, every year in our 200ft long greenhouse we grow hundreds of plants from seed,...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 16, 2022
Spring is coming
Just a fortnight until the official start of spring, the gardens at Athelhampton are looking fabulous with lots of spring growth. A great...
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Owen Davies
- Feb 21, 2022
After a very stormy day.....
After a very stormy days, some welcome sunshine at Athelhampton. The Cedar of Lebanon and Eucalyptus in the formal gardens are still...
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Owen Davies
- Feb 17, 2022
All is calm..
All was calm at Athelhampton today, the gardening team tending to the rose garden. This garden was created after the 1987 storm, which...
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Owen Davies
- Feb 16, 2022
Shrovetide at Athelhampton
Celebrate Shrovetide at Athelhampton. Shrovetide is now almost entirely forgotten in England. Lasting from Candlemas until Lent, strictly...
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Owen Davies
- Feb 5, 2022
Pleaching the Lime Walk
Two of our fabulous gardening team working hard pleaching the lime walk at Athelhampton. The rest of the gardens don’t stop growing, so...
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Owen Davies
- Feb 3, 2022
A panoramic shot
A stroll around the garden this afternoon to meet up with our busy gardeners took me into the Corona, one of the formal gardens with Ham...
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Owen Davies
- Jan 31, 2022
Our fabulous oriel window
Martyn’s Ape at Athelhampton in stained and painted glass, photographed in our fabulous oriel window The ancient emblem of William...
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Owen Davies
- Jan 27, 2022
Snowdrops galore
At the end of the day, as the sun sits low in the sky, the beautiful Snowdrops at Athelhampton.
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Owen Davies
- Jan 26, 2022
Dawn @ Athelhampton
Dawn at Athelhampton this morning, the sun slowly climbing above the Great Court and it’s 12 giant yew pyramids.
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Owen Davies
- Jan 24, 2022
Fabulous Chair
This fabulous chair has pride of place in the Great Hall at Athelhampton. We informally refer to it as the ‘Revolution Chair’, as it is...
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Owen Davies
- Jan 18, 2022
What a sun set......
A late afternoon walk from the Great Hall took me across the West Lawn, which had its first mow of 2022 earlier. The ancient dovecote and...
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Owen Davies
- Jan 17, 2022
Frosty start to the day
Crisp frost and a blue dome sky this morning at Athelhampton. The pond in the middle of the garden designed for dipping in a watering can...
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Owen Davies
- Jan 16, 2022
The Gatehouse
From the Athelhampton archive this evening a view of the Gatehouse at Athelhampton, built in the 1550’s, but sadly pulled down in 1862....
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Owen Davies
- Jan 14, 2022
Blue sky, frosty lawn
A cold day with clear blue skies at Athelhampton. The right hand side of the drive remains in the shade all day, giving the overnight...
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Owen Davies
- Dec 16, 2021
Last minute Christmas shopping
We have had a busy December so far at Athelhampton and now just 3 days left of opening before we close for Christmas. The highlight was...
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Owen Davies
- Apr 27, 2020
Hardy at Athelhampton
At Athelhampton the forced peacefulness is a reminder that just a few months ago Athelhampton was far from quiet as work started on one...
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Owen Davies
- Apr 15, 2020
I hope you are all well and keeping safe?
You might be wondering what has been going on at Athelhampton since our last post. Our team at Athelhampton had been busy and working...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 22, 2020
Eerily quiet
What should have been one of our busiest days of the year was eerily quiet at Athelhampton. A great shame for many mothers to miss out...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 21, 2020
Gardening Leave
My apologies as it has been over a week since my last post! Our world has been changing at such a fast pace this last week it was...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 13, 2020
A fabulous Friday at Athelhampton.
Lots of visitors enjoying the spring sunshine this morning. Many of those I spoke to told me how they are inspired by the hard work of...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 9, 2020
150 years ago (or thereabouts)
Today I have a great picture of the East Front of Athelhampton, we don't know the exact date, but from the features we can see we believe...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 6, 2020
Can you see what I see? **updated**
We are open to the public now, Fridays included, but we are still doing small some tidying up jobs around Athelhampton. One of the...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 4, 2020
A quick update...
Apologies, a bit of time has passed, it has been busy at Athelhampton, even with the poor weather lots of visitors have joined us for our...
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Owen Davies
- Mar 2, 2020
Is it Spring?
I was drawn into a friendly debate this morning about when the start of Spring is..? I wondered what you think? There seem to be two...
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Owen Davies
- Feb 29, 2020
We are not amused
Yesterday was a hectic day as the last of the Cooke family's collection left Athelhampton, some five months after their auction. The...
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