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Welcome to the gardeners' blog

Welcome to the gardeners' blog

Across six palaces, dozens of expert gardeners work all year round to maintain the world-famous landscapes that belong to our sites. On the gardeners’ blog, hear directly from our experts about how they design, plant, care for and maintain the historic formal gardens and parkland at Hampton Court, Hillsborough Castle, Kew Palace and more.

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The winding history of the Wilderness garden at Hampton Court Palace

The winding history of the Wilderness garden at Hampton Court Palace

Posted on June 23, 2020 by Historic Royal Palaces
With the gardens at Hampton Court Palace and Hillsborough Castle now back open to ...
Creating your own wildflower garden

Creating your own wildflower garden

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Gregory Leeson
You don’t need large expanses of land to make your own wildflower meadow providing ...
Celebrating Hillsborough Castle's Moss Walk

Celebrating Hillsborough Castle's Moss Walk

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Historic Royal Palaces
Although moss gardens are a relatively common sight in Japan there are very few ...
New life for the glasshouse at Hillsborough Castle

New life for the glasshouse at Hillsborough Castle

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Historic Royal Palaces
It's been an exceptionally busy year for the gardens team at Hillsborough Castle, with ...
Mistletoe in the palace gardens: why do kiss under it?

Mistletoe in the palace gardens: why do kiss under it?

Posted on December 20, 2019 by Graham Dillamore
One of the most popular enquires the gardeners get during winter concerns strange lumps ...
Hampton Court's worst enemy: how we deal with the mealybug

Hampton Court's worst enemy: how we deal with the mealybug

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Claire Ford
Here in the Hampton Court Palace Nursery, we grow over 100,000 bedding plants per ...
Take a tour of Kew's Kitchen Garden

Take a tour of Kew's Kitchen Garden

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Dennis Mantle
Originally a small residential garden, the Kitchen Garden at Kew Palace was created and ...
Displaying Queen Mary ll’s Exoticks Collection

Displaying Queen Mary ll’s Exoticks Collection

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Martin Einchcomb
You may well have heard of Queen Mary II’s Exoticks Collection (seventeenth century spelling) ...
Dahlia season at Hampton Court Palace

Dahlia season at Hampton Court Palace

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Abigail Rose
 July marked the start of the dahlia season, but it is as the days ...
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