Eggleston Hall Gardens Videos
Cotinus coggygria "Royal Purple" (not purple cloak)
A lovely bush, which despite my confusing it with a variety of vine, is worthy of a place in any garden. The purple leaves are...
Watch VideoAwkward customers
All walks of retail life have their awkward customers, we are no exception. This is generally not a method recommended by those teachers of the...
Watch VideoSummer perennial cuttings
Summer cuttings of perennials is a wonderfully easy way to fill your borders and reproduce your plants. It applies to many other genera, not just...
Watch VideoDelphinium propagation from crown buds
Delphiniums, those tall elegant stalwarts of the English country garden borders. Its can be really frustrating striking cuttings from these plants, their hollow stems are...
Watch VideoSkirtlifting (Part1)
There is nothing quite like a little skirtlifting, horticulturally speaking. It is the only way to stop an oversized conifer from imposing itself too much...
Watch VideoSkirtlifting (Part2)
While not the finished article this will give you some idea of the difference a little lifting of the skirt can do.
Watch VideoHosta division (summer)
Traditionally divided in winter and spring, hostas for the nurseryman are an ever popular plant. I have always divided hostas in summer, and this is...
Watch VideoEagle Owls
The visitors to Eggleston Hall Gardens are many and varied......
Watch VideoEither end of a pussy....or a Keswick Codling
A quick look at one of our oldest regional apples. It doesn't keep but is quite delicious when cooked or eaten as a rather sharp...
Watch VideoOverwintering Dahlias
A perennial question is "How do we store our Dahlias"....well hopefully this short, slightly rambling video will go some way to explain.
Watch VideoPerennial Beds
A nine minute wander through some of our perennials. Our range is huge but varies from month to month, many of the plants can be...
Watch VideoJournal
Recent Videos
- Garden Diaries 7...Dogwoods; Coloured stemmed cornus pruning...31st March, 2017
- Garden Diaries 8...How to grow your own posts31st March, 2017
- Garden Diaries 6...Hollies; Pruning & training; A beginn...16th March, 2017
- Garden Diaries 5....Festooning apples & taming a blackbe...14th March, 2017
- Garden Diaries 4....Kirengeshoma division & Root cutting...14th March, 2017