Please note, our ground floor galleries (Naples, Northern European and British Portraits) will be closed on Sat. 23 Oct 2pm – 4.30pm and on Sun. 24 Oct at 1pm – 3pm.
It was fabulous to have the BBC Ndeavour Moth Group on site last month. They ran 10 light traps in the grounds of Compton Verney on the night of the 27th July 2021. Grace Brindle from the Compton Verney Team had asked Bob (on behalf of the BBC Ndeavour Moth Group) to run some...
At the end of a busy summer we start the harvesting of our meadows here at Compton Verney. We like to leave it as late as possible to ensure the seeds have all dispersed with the wind or dropped to the ground to add to the plant diversity. The optimum time for this is...
Earlier this year, when the landscape was cold and damp, the Compton Verney grounds team gathered in the cosy grounds workshop for a day split into thirds. For the first segment of the day the team headed out to explore the wider landscape, including a public footpath that takes in the lengthy lower pool...
As you may know, the park and wider landscape at Compton Verney, as well as being a designed landscape, features many different ecological habitats that are very attractive to wild flowers and creatures. Whilst we naturally manage the venue for its landscape garden qualities, we are also therefore, very much aware of its ecological...
We’re moving rapidly into the month of April now, and whilst I set out to deliver a March Landscape & Garden Update, such has been the workflow that an April update is just having to suffice! The variety of tasks the team has been involved with over the winter and early spring period has...
Fungi, as fascinating and prolific as they are, are a world away from the ‘comfortable’ horticultural world I occupy. They are hugely valuable though, and their presence in a natural landscape or garden offers much more than a short term unusual feature or splash of colour. For example,
Time Flies Time has certainly flown of late, as you’ll know by the scarcity of landscape articles since the summer! Back we are though with a busy autumn period, and enough on the task list to see us through to the New Year. First of all I have to make reference to The March of...
There are many times in each year when we reach a milestone, and the honey harvest is certainly one of our favourites. As such, and knowing how many honey bee supporters there are out there, Rod Oates has prepared a short report about the year he’s experienced as volunteer bee keeper at Compton Verney: The long hard winter was a...
Welcome to the Landscape & Garden Update – 19.06.18. It’s been a while since we caught up but then, it has been an incredibly busy season thus far. Meadow Flowers The delayed start to spring due to the cold and wet weather seemed to result in the landscape unfurling more slowly and gracefully than ever. From...
This blog is managed by the grounds team at Compton Verney. We aim to write frequently about our work and experiences in the grounds, including a range of topics from weeds to wildlife.
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