Birds in the Garden
With the Cheshire Wildlife afternoon on Friday, I thought it might be a good idea to think about wildlife in the garden, so I will review bird life at Fieldcrest. Nesting Birds Great Tits We are thrilled that we have a great tit brooding 7 eggs in our live camera nest...
Introducing Fieldcrest Gardening Club
At the end of April we're introducing our gardening club. We wanted to do something informal, for people who like gardening and want to pick up a few tips and for beginners who are keen to try new things. Each Monday we'll be open for people to drop in and join in...
Moving Perennials and Shrubs
We are in the process of creating some more parking spaces to the front of the house, which means that a lot of shrubs, trees and perennials are being moved. Amongst other things, we have moved two large Viburnum davidii, a large Lilac and a Tibetan Cherry tree which...
This Week in the Garden…February 13th
Next week (February 14th– 21st) is National Nest Box Week. As the number of natural nesting sites in hedges, trees and old buildings has declined, providing artificial nesting sites is very important. I have been out in the garden looking at the various sites that we...
This Week in The Garden…February 6th
We have had some lovely sunshine in the garden this week. The early spring bulbs, such as crocus and snowdrops are peeping through and there are catkins on the Hazel trees. Some of our trees, especially the Silver Birch and Eucalyptus have had to be pruned – quite a...
Cae Hir Gardens
Cae Hir, near Lampeter, Mid Wales In September 2014 we visited Cae Hir on our annual garden visiting holiday. The garden has been created and run by the Akkerman family and is an example of gardening on a steep slope - and I do mean a steep slope. However if you...
2015 Courses at Fieldcrest
We've been working hard all winter on putting together an exciting programme of events and courses for 2015, and we've finally added them all to our website. we hope that we've put together a schedule with something for everyone, from garden design to garden...
An evening with Bill Oddie in Chester – Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Cheshire Wildlife Trust are hosting an evening with Bill Oddie, the well known wildlife expert and National Vice President of the Wildlife Trusts. As many of you will know from seeing Bill on many TV shows, he is a lively and interesting speaker, so it should be a...
Winter flowers and scents
February is often quite a gloomy time and year, and the garden can look quite uninviting. However, if you are brave enough to venture out you will find that quite a few flowering shrubs produce delicate flowers which can cope with the winter conditions; some having...
Overwintering half hardy plants
It has been such a mild autumn that many of the trees and shrubs in the garden are still holding onto their leaves. I have been picking half hardy flowers from the cutting garden until this week. However, we are now starting to get some frosts at night so the time has...