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Easton Stories

The Gardens are a daily inspiration for us. Find out about our discoveries, plans, and tips for your own garden.

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Sweet Pea Season

Welcome to our last blog in the series of growing your Sweet Peas with Easton Walled Gardens, we hope that yours are doing well, have survived the onslaught of slugs this year and are beginning to flower.

Pinching out sweet peas

Hello again, how are your sweet pea seedlings doing? If you've seen our short video,
hopefully yours look at a similar stage to ours.

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Sowing your Sweet Peas

Welcome back to our ‘Spring Sowing Sweet Peas’ series...

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Grow your Sweet Peas with Easton Walled Gardens

Welcome to our first series blog on growing sweet peas with Easton Walled Gardens.

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“Gardening is an exercise in optimism. Sometimes, it is a triumph of hope over experience.” – Christopher Lloyd

No more so than in March when we wait to see the bulbs planted the previous autumn stir from the ground. The weather itself is changeable and a warm day in March is worth waiting for. The garden becomes a canvas painted with the vibrant hues of awakening bulbs. The saturated ground brims with life as bees emerge looking for nectar.

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Jobs around the Gardens in Winter

There is no let up in important gardening jobs during the autumn and winter months. Pruning, cutting back, clearing old foliage. There's plenty to keep the bonfire going and the team are grateful for the extra warmth it throws off on a chilly day.