Wonderful day with lots of visitors in the cool Summer day.  The two tours were informative and gave us a chance to show off our hydrangeas and what we've been doing.  Thank you to all who made it happen.  Some of the comments we got: What an amazing collection!  Well...

Let the photos tell the story.  Don't forget our open day if you want to learn more about this amazingly colourful plants but if you just want a walk around, the gardens are open all day, every day.  Entry is free and there's a café for a cup of tea. h

Hydrangea Derby is the largest collection (564 types) of Hydrangea in UK and can be found near the Terrace Café in Darley Park, Derby. Map 1       Map 2 It is owned by Derby City Council but maintained by Friends of Darley Open Spaces (FoDOS) and its partners. The...

Who would have thought that there were still different variations and cultivars of the familiar Hydrangea macrophylla group.  Here a two very different flower heads from the same family.  They'll be ready to add to the collection next year.

A couple of hours on a sunny Tuesday morning pruning, edging and pulling out the weeds.  Who needs therapy!

The new leaflets have arrived and are in the process of being folded!  There is no machine! 

You’ll notice from the photo there’s been a lot of frost damage over the past 2 weeks. The tips of the leaves on the top of the plants look burnt.  We'll leave these leaves on and by June you shouldn’t notice that anything has gone wrong.  We won’t know if some of the...

Volunteers have been looking after the 140 plants plant-breeder Jean Renault brought us last year, until they are big enough to go in the garden.  It doesn't matter how big the volunteer is!

  We started our Tuesday and Saturday mornings work on the 7th March and volunteers have just finished pruning the paniculatas and arborescens which will flower on this year’s growth.  The others flower on last year’s growth so we don’t prune those until the new...

The season has begun and green shoots are already appearing on the macrophyllas.  We have a gardening timetable of Tuesday mornings from 10 to 12 with a coffee break at 11.  This includes every 4th Saturday, also from 10 - 12.  If you'd like a copy get in touch...