Welcome to a new season at Marwood Hill Gardens.
We start the season with opening the garden in February for the amazing display of Snowdrops, in huge drifts scattered down the valley on the far hillside. This winter we have created a new path through them which wends its way past the Silver Birch and Eucalyptus trees to the far end of the garden with plantings of new Camellias.
We only have four different types of snowdrops with the most impressive being Galanthus S. Arnott. Growing to 12 inches high its large flowers are quite scented especially on a warm day. Galanthus nivalis, the common snowdrop is naturalised in big drifts and together with its double flowered form carpets the ground in its thousands. With the snowdrops, the daffodils are rapidly emerging and as it has been mild this winter, the bluebells are also emerging to give an early display in April and May.
Of course not everything has gone smoothly this winter and we have suffered the effect of Storm Darragh in December. About 20 trees have been uprooted or snapped and we have been very busy with chain saws and tidying up before opening. Some lovely trees have been lost or damaged but we have tried to make the most of this disaster and several new features will be revealed as you walk around the garden.
We are open on Wednesdays and Sundays in February. The Tea Room will be open too serving hot soup and cream teas. Often in February we can get some lovely sunny days so do take the opportunity to walk around and be amazed at the massed effect that these little plants can achieve in the dark winter month of February.
