Colour changes are happening in the garden as we head into October and autumn. A patient wait for one of my favourite trees to berry has almost been rewarded; the first few berries are appearing and soon they will turn pink and blue, but for now the Clerodendrum trichotomum is a cloud of bright capsules [...]

Things really start to get interesting in the garden again about now. I wonder if it’s all the rain that has made the first berries so spectacular this year? The Viburnum rhytidophyllum (leather leaf) has been a sight to behold with bright red, almost shiny berries; and a little further West towards the hotel the [...]

Here is a very short and very amateur video of the wonderful trees in blossom in our garden at the hotel.

It was just before Christmas that a little white showed on the Snowdrops by the Lodge. Now, over two months later Galanthus to use their proper name are in full flight everywhere. The very cold weather has extended their season and there is a bumper crop as result. Specialist growers with often hundreds of different [...]