Start Gardening Course
Start Gardening Have fun and be inspired as you learn the basics of gardening. Designed for beginner gardeners – to improve both knowledge and gardening skills. Starts August 2018 Mondays, 10am – 12.30pm 7 weeks Cost £140 Contact us for more information or to sign...
2018 at Fieldcrest Garden
Welcome to our 2018 programme! We're excited to be starting the new year with our most popular courses and activities, plus some new ones. Keep an eye on our Courses & Workshops page for more updates.
Winter Gardens
Why not take some time to have to look at the garden and see how you would like to alter things for 2017? At this time of year some gardens are open to show how you can create a ‘Winter Garden’ e.g. Dunham Massey, Admittedly, many of these gardens are very large and...
Gardening in January
There are lots of jobs that can be done in the garden now, if you feel like working off a few festive pounds! Now is a good to start Sweetpeas off in our more northern area. Sow seeds into pots or root trainers in temperatures of about 15 degrees C and once germinated...
Things to do in the garden in September
As usual August has flown past and here we are in Autumn. There’s still lots of things to do in the garden – when isn’t there? Here are some things to be getting on with: At the end of the month bring in tender plants such as fuschias, pelargoniums and cannas, and...
Some Suggested Garden Visits for Summer
As I am writing it is about 27 degrees C outside, so instead of thinking about garden tasks, it’s a good time to be planning some garden visits. July is a lovely month to visit gardens. We hope that lots of people will come along to our Open Day for the National...
Open Day for Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Observing & Looking After Wildlife
Observing and looking after wildlife is definitely on the agenda here at Fieldcrest this month. We have been watching Springwatch for the last two weeks and marvelling at all of the wonderful wildlife that we have in Britian. We are also preparing for Cheshire...
Wildlife Update
There seem to be a lot of birds nesting in the garden. I've spotted blue and great tits, and possibly long tailed tits, goldfinches, robins, sparrows and blackbirds. Hopefully wrens and hedge sparrows too. Sadly our mallard duck has been frightened away, and now a...
What to do in the Herb Garden in April
We have expanded the herb garden this year so there is a lot to do! One job that we enjoy doing is propagating our own herbs, so here are some of the things we are doing at the moment. There’s still time to sow lots of seeds for the garden, either in the greenhouse or...