What’s growing on in the Kitchen Garden?

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

Kitchen Gardener Inchico Garbutt takes you through a year in the life of the ...

June in Bloom at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens

Posted on June 17, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

It’s June and Summer is in bloom at Hillsborough Castle and Gardens! Gardens and Estates Manager Claire ...

News from the Gardens: February 2021

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

As we look forward to spring here in the gardens at Hillsborough Castle, we'll be ...

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

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

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

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?

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

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Claire Ford

Here in the Hampton Court Palace Nursery, we grow over 100,000 bedding plants per ...