John Edwards, Chair of the Wentworth Castle and Stainborough Park Heritage Trust said : “It is with sadness we have decided that the gardens will have to close to the public from Spring 2017. “In recent years we have not been able to make enough money to cover the running costs required to manage the… Read more »
Find out more about the great 18th century feud which left South Yorkshire with two magnificent country houses with frustratingly similar names! https://parksandgardensuk.wordpress.com/2016/06/04/the-wentworth-feud/
May and June are wonderful months in the Gardens and the azaleas are glorious again this year. Some of them are fully open now and others are still tightly in bud, which means that there will be flowers for several weeks to come. The perfume of the flowers is part of their attraction, very sweet… Read more »
The yellow of the daffodils is fading, and the bright hues of the bluebells are starting to appear, both in the Gardens and the Parkland. Ivas Woods, out in the Parkland, has one of the biggest areas of bluebells; they relish the shade of the woodland. Look up and you may see the herons nesting,… Read more »
and primroses and rhododendrons. Yes, even yellow rhododendrons are in flower in the Gardens. We expect rhododendrons to be white, pink, red and purple but we have yellow ones in flower in the Wilderness Gardens. There are other early rhododendrons in flower, along with the first of the magnolias, Magnolia campbellii, a large tree with blooms of… Read more »
It’s been weird weather over this last six months; an incredibly mild autumn followed by deluges of rain and flooding. Like us, the garden plants are very confused; already there are daffodils in flower locally, while in other places, the snowdrops are hardly poking through the soil. However, there are signs of spring around, snowdrops… Read more »
When the days get shorter and the temperature drops, it’s a great time of year to wrap up, pull on a pair of wellies and discover the joys of autumn at Wentworth Castle Gardens. Just when the flowers start to lose their summer colour, the majestic trees take over with shades of gold, orange and… Read more »
The leaves are starting to lose the green hues of summer and turn to gold, orange and red. On a sunny day, even the air seems golden, and the berries on the trees and shrubs are starting to stand out from the surrounding foliage, ready for the birds to pick them off in order to… Read more »
As you start the route around the gardens, the John Arnold Garden is the first you come to, and the colourful dahlias are one of the first things to catch your eye. They come in small and large, simple and complicated petal arrangements but all are vibrant in colour. The simpler flower shapes are loved… Read more »
As soon as you enter the conservatory, the scent of the jasmine greets you. This small white flower packs a mighty punch of perfume for its size. Much more impressive in terms of size, which also have a wonderful scent, are the spires of the Asiatic lilies. These stems of white flowers reach up to… Read more »
