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Well what a fascinating week we’ve had! If you follow Compton Verney or myself on twitter, there’s probably no need to tell you that we’ve been rather busy recently helping with […]

Do you have an interest in Gardens? Maybe you’ve an appreciation for the English Landscape? You might even have a passing interest in the History of our Green and Pleasant Land… […]

Spring is an amazingly busy time in the great outdoors – bulbs and herbaceous plants send up shoots, trees and shrubs burst into bud, and lawns raise their level as […]

Welcome to a page of the Compton Verney Landscape Garden blog, featuring a Fact Sheet for our Common Lime trees. Plant name: Tilia x europaea (synonym: Tilia x vulgaris)

A working landscape and expansive ever changing sky…

A glorious sunny morning greeted us today which is very welcome following some of the lacklustre starts we’ve experienced of late. Whilst the grounds remain closed to visitors, the grounds […]

There is just a few metres across the west lawn at Compton Verney a stately grove of Lime trees, set a midst the lawn. In early January, when Compton Verney staff return […]

Common Oak – a Fact Sheet from Compton Verney.  

January – Although snow came and went through to March, this early helping kept us more than busy clearing the lengthy drives for staff and residents + a little modelling […]

Welcome to a page of the Compton Verney Landscape Garden blog, featuring a Fact Sheet for our Cedar of Lebanon trees. Plant name: Cedrus libani (Pinaceae family) Commonly known as: Cedar-of-Lebanon

Considering Compton Verney at other times of the year, are you one of those who likes to lie back on the lakeside grassy banks and enjoy the sunshine? Or do […]

You may recall mention of a brief appearance at the Maison Française in Oxford, as a panel member for a discussion on the role of gardeners and stewards in designed landscapes. Quite […]

Although our gates are closed to general visitors for a month or so, activity continues apace in and around the grounds. More of these goings-on in a forthcoming post, for […]

In early November, an isolated area of the grounds at Compton Verney received a visit from thieves in the night intent on removing, unbelievably, our two bee hives. A link […]

I am honoured to have been invited by Laurent Châtel to the Maison Française d’Oxford tomorrow to represent Compton Verney in a seminar titled: The Figure in the Estate – The Rôle […]

A short video from the grounds team, showing the making of a Christmas Wreath for Compton Verney. The mansions portico is decorated each November with four large Christmas trees between […]

Its another time of year when grounds teams across the land get creative and join in with decorating their properties in the name of Christmas. OK, so it’s only mid […]

Very sad and surprising to report that between Sunday afternoon and this afternoon, an attempt was made to steel our two bee hives.This is so sad after so much effort from […]

A really useful website for volunteering in and around south Warwickshire. Hopefully the site will be useful when I need to recruit for future Capability Brown Tercentenary activities, where there’ll […]

I’m relieved to report that at least as far as Compton Verney’s grounds are concerned, the damage expected from the overnight storm hasn’t materialised. Most of the leaves are left […]