Dorset Walled Garden

Dorset Walled Garden Floristry workshops and horticulture courses set in a garden designed by the Bannermans

Busy Spring times. Herbaceous supports starting to go in. Sweet pea structures and rose domes made by Jay Davey () who i...
03/03/2026

Busy Spring times.
Herbaceous supports starting to go in.
Sweet pea structures and rose domes made by Jay Davey () who is running our herbaceous supports course this month.
Planning planting positions with bamboo sticks for visualising
Roses on structures, greening up@at different paces
Long overdue hard prune of the eleagnus
Winter project underway in the swimming pool garden
Planting snowdrops with my new gardening companion, but not forgetting my old gardening companion seen here in the walled garden, drinking at the fountain yesterday, 16yo!
Mulching and propagation also underway, Devils bit scabious to be planted next.
Spring at !

We have, over the last 54 hours, welcomed 24 people here for two of our very popular courses:First of all, the reconveni...
02/02/2026

We have, over the last 54 hours, welcomed 24 people here for two of our very popular courses:

First of all, the reconvening of the 'Gardening through the Seasons' Course group, for the 3rd gathering of this popular 5 day course through the gardening year.

It was great to feel the enthusiasm of the group meeting up together again, as the group gels and becomes more familiar with each other - aswell as sharing their gardening trials and challenges (and successes!) over coffee, lunch and tea, between lectures and demonstrations. It was bitterly cold today, so after demonstrating jobs and various pruning methods in the garden, we were treated to another informative lecture inside. Everyone left with a sense of urgency, clutching a long list of things to do, plan ahead for and much to contemplate.

Prior to this, our very first Saturday course brought together another wonderful mix — experienced professional gardeners alongside those simply eager to learn. They gathered here to explore the world of roses, guided through their history, character, and care, and the careful art of pruning to keep them flourishing year after year.

We never take for granted the lovely people who find their way to our courses. Always curious, friendly and enthusiastic, the attendees are what make these days so rewarding for all of us.

6th January.Twelfth day of Christmas. Beautiful start to the day. It has been wonderful to have this glorious sunny weat...
07/01/2026

6th January.
Twelfth day of Christmas.
Beautiful start to the day.

It has been wonderful to have this glorious sunny weather as we return to work in the garden and appreciate the dry weather for rose pruning. It has been fun visualising how they will look and sit within the border and the rhythm they will bring to the border. Some of the more recently planted roses have put on quite a bit of growth this year, so we cannot wait to see what they will add to the mix!

We have pruned several roses in the main borders these last two days once the frost had thawed. We pruned old historic roses and more modern roses (David Austin):

Nuits de Young
Constance Spry
Charles de Mills
Royal Jubilee
Anais Segalas
Felicite et Perpetue
Reine des Violettes
William Lobb
Comte de Chambord
Celsiana
Violacea
The Fairy
Ancient Mariner
Laneii
Maitre d'Ecole
Hippolyte
Royal Jubilee
Rose de Rescht

Many more to do...!

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Dorchester
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