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2022 Open Day
This year's open day is on Sunday, 14 August. The volunteers will be on hand to answer all your hydrangea related questions and there will be our usual free guided tours at 11am and 2pm. Meet us at the cafe. We're hoping that it won't be as wet as it was last...
2022 Gates to Walled Garden now Open.
The 2022 Hydrangea Season is on its way. The gates to the walled garden opened on 12 July with many of the hydrangeas already in bloom. Since March the walls of the garden have had a beautiful makeover and our collapsed wall has been rebuilt. The builders left the...
The Power of the Flower
Photos from the hydrangea garden found their way to a journalist in Japan who published an article in a Japanese magazine. It's in Japanese with no English translation at the moment but the images of our hydrangeas say it all. Horticulture Guide 2022 Summer Issue...
2022 Dates for your Diary
Open Day This year our Open Day is on Sunday, 14 August. The Hydrangea team will be on site from 10 to 3 to discuss anything hydrangea related. There will be 2 free guided tours at 11am and 2pm. Private Tour Week The week we have set aside is the week beginning 15...
Gates Closing 2021
The gates to the walled garden are closing on Tuesday 2 November. Thank you to all who have helped during such exceptional circumstances and to those who have donated to our cause. The volunteers will be back at the beginning of March next year and the gates will...
Green Flag Community Award 2021
Thank you to Amanda Solloway MP for Derby North for visiting us on Saturday to enjoy the pleasure of the hydrangea garden containing the largest collection of Hydrangea Paniculata in the world and for helping us to celebrate winning the Green Flag Community Award for...
And a couple of the other species
Hydrangea arborescens 'Emerald Lace' Hydrangea involucrata 'Hortensis'
2021 Hydrangea Macrophylla White Mopheads
Hydrangea macrophylla White Bouquet Hydrangea macrophylla 'Woodworth White'
2021 Hydrangea Macrophylla Pink Mopheads
Each year we find that some hydrangeas put on a much better display than in other years. These are a few pink mopheads that have attracted attention this year. Hydrangea macrophylla 'Eugen Hahn' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Golacha' ...
Hydrangea scandens Konteriji ki Nakafu
This is one of our more unusual hydrangeas. It's one of the scandens species and was planted in our garden in 2009. It grows to about 1 metre high and wide. The sepals will always be white with a lacecap arrangement. The detail in the flower head is...