Sunlight breaking through the trees in the New Forest
Exbury Gardens may be well-known around the world for its spring displays of rhododendrons and azaleas, but there is another acidic-soil loving plant that flowers later in the year and which also puts on a tremendous show – the Hydrangea. ‘We have spectacular displays of summer colour and interest’ said Head Gardener John Anderson. ‘Exbury’s […]
On Saturday 7 June Bishop’s Waltham will be celebrating International Yarn Bombing Day. Believed to have begun in Texas, yarn bombing is a type of street art through which everyday items such as bollards, benches and bridges are decorated with knitted or crocheted items. Its popularity has spread throughout the world and has now reached […]
The mild winter has brought forward one of the south’s most spectacular sites as thousands of bluebells are bursting into flower along the hedgerows and woodland paths of Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. With a late Easter this year, families visiting the gardens on their Easter break will be greeted by a display that […]
Hampshire community organisations invited to apply for grant Every year, Spectrum’s Community Forums, groups of Spectrum’s residents who are part of the governance structure and are appointed to guide the business and develop housing services in their respective local areas, search for worthy causes to donate to over the course of the year. The financial […]
The team at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest are celebrating after receiving the news that it has been designated as a prestigious ‘Camellia Garden of Excellence’ – the highest accolade that can be bestowed on a garden displaying the popular spring flowers. The award is announced just as thousands of camellias are bursting into […]
Exbury has always been a firm favourite with families visiting the New Forest, but this year there is even more reason to discover the award-winning woodland gardens. Alongside the exclusive spring season ‘Gilbury Lane’ garden – opening for the first time in 2014 and planted with over 200 named varieties of Camellias – will be […]
The UK’s pre-eminent collection of Lachenalias (the ‘leopard lily’) will be displayed at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest between Sat 15 March and Sun 6 April 2014. The exhibition, hosted in the Gardens’ Five Arrows Gallery, will be staged for an extra week this year as interest in the South African bulb continues to rise. Nicholas de Rothschild, President of the […]
Mary had a little lamb – now Sparsholt College is having hundreds! An intense period of sleepless nights awaits on the farm at Sparsholt College as lambing season approaches. Ones of the busiest times in the farming calendar, and for many farms one of their largest sources of income, the arrival of twins and triplets […]
Garden lovers are in for a special treat this autumn as ‘Extra Time’ is played out at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest. The Gardens were due to close for the season on Sunday 3 November, but with a late autumn will now remain open until at least Sunday 17 November. Head Gardener John Anderson […]
The Exbury Ghost Train takes to the rails again this half-term for hair-raising and rib-tickling family fun. With skeletons, scarecrows and other ghoulish characters en route, we dare you to ride and experience a Halloween week ‘Phantomime”! The Ghost Train will enter a pitch-black tunnel and, provided it comes out the other end, will continue […]
