Very exciting news here at Hornby, we are hosting the Sir John Savile Household on the 27 – 28 June 2015, they are a historical re-enactment society and they will be here for two days. Come and experience life during the 15 century, Wars of the Roses. See how Sir John’s men were trained in the arts of warfare –…
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Happy New Year & Snowdrops!
Happy New Year from all of us here at Hornby Castle. We are working hard to get the gardens ready for the Snowdrop weekend in February 21/22 2015. There is a lot of muck to move from the changes we are making to some of the main borders and this is taking time and some fair amount of back strain! The…
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CALLING ANY GARDEN GROUPS!
If you are a member of a gardening group, historical society or even just a group of friends we can arrange special tours around the garden (please note garden only minimum 20 people). If you would like to know more or arrange a visit please get in touch through our contact pages. Ken Green our head gardener also visits a number…
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An amazing summer and now autumn has arrived
After we shut our gates in May there has been a lot of hard work in the gardens. We lost a tree next to the main lawn pond, so this has really opened up the area and we have to decide what to do with all the light and space. Ken and Mary have also been digging out and replanting…
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The month of May and our Garden open weekend
It seemed only a minute ago that we were closing the doors on a wonderful snowdrop weekend. We had lots of visitors and the feedback we had was great. We are now gearing up to do it all again, but with the garden looking very different. The pink peony shown in the picture has just popped out in the herbaceous…
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