Kate's Blog
The Month of Burgeon and Blossom
There cannot be a more jubilant month in the gardener's calendar than May ...
Bridge Over Columbine’s Water
Happy New Year - and what a wonderful start to 2025 it is with the completion of our new bridge. It really is quite something ...
The Magic of Mistletoe
Mistletoe is growing well here at Columbine. We have three good bunches of it in a hawthorn tree in our woodland ...
Bridges, bulbs and berries
I am writing this on the 4th of November and the garden is only now turning autumnal ...
Pear-fect September
There’s lots to celebrate this month. On the first I celebrated my twenty eighth anniversary of being here ...
Building Bridges
Work has begun on building our new brick bridge across the moat - replacing the current causeway ...
About the Author
Kate Elliott came to Columbine Hall in 1997 when she was sixteen. She is now head gardener but also helps with managing the property generally and in conducting guided tours.