Take a look at these beautiful examples

The gates of the walled garden will be open on Saturday, 6 July 2019.  The season will continue until October/November time.  The climbers and large heteromallas are particularly worth a look in the next couple of weeks.  The macrophyllas (mop heads and lace caps) and...

A couple of years ago, a French breeder of hydrangeas, visited Hydrangea Derby to collect some cuttings of varieties he didn't have.  He collected his cuttings, put them in plastic bags and then a cooler for the journey home.  He then opened up the boot of his in...

The 2019 season has begun.  We've started our schedule of Tuesday mornings and the 4th Saturday of the month between 10am and 12 noon.  Come and see if this is the volunteering for you.  The usual job is to prune the paniculatas and arborescens which flower on this...

The gates to the walled garden will close on Saturday, 27 October 2018.  The season has been an interesting one with storms from the east and many weeks of drought.  The plants have endured and still managed to put on a good display.  We have plenty of plants ready to...

Another big thank you to the Derby Parks Volunteers who completed the windrow to separate the woods from the garden and creating habitats for wildlife, a place to put our trimmings and a nice neat border for the garden.  This is what they built.

The plants are showing colourful Autumn tints and some of them still worth seeing for the flowers that are displaying.  We're getting ready to put in the nursery plants that have grown on this year.  We think, once they are filling out a 10" pot, they are ready to...

If you click here, you'll find the piece Carol Klein recorded when she and the Gardeners' World team came to film at the end of July.  The piece was broadcast on Friday, 3 August 2018.

Carol Klein came to our hydrangea garden for a piece on Gardeners' World.  They spent the day taking photos and even showing how to take softwood cuttings.  It will be broadcast on Friday 3 August.  Here are a few shots of her visit.