Kate's Blog

We’re awash with cow parsley
For me, nothing celebrates the glorious month of May more than the wonderful froth of cow parsley ...
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Tulips Galore
April begins with bare brown branches and bare brown soil and ends with long days full of the majesty of Spring ...
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You Know You’re Getting Old When…..
I turn 41 next month, still a youngster I know, but I've been noticing recently signs that I'm getting older….. Thinking about the good old days, and the older I get the more good old days there are to look back on. Trying to remember where I left things and I find myself walking in the tool shed and trying ...
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Only one leg to stand on
We don't just have one one-legged pheasant. We have two. A male and female with two legs between them that Hew has named Percy and Percina ...
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Dahlia Mania
Dahlias are back in vogue. Once dismissed as being terribly old fashioned and vulgar - gardeners and florists can't get enough of the enduring charm of dahlias ...
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Happiness is a Butterfly.
Leslie wrote such wonderful, witty blogs for our website - I hope I can do her justice ...
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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.