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#TakeOverDay
Kids in Museums is a national campaign to encourage more activities for and by children and young people to take place in Museums settings. An annual event takes place in […]
Exploring other aspects of Compton Verney
Compton Verney offers many things to many people, be it the permanent collections or the present British Folk Art exhibition. There’s also the extremely wide range and offer of educational […]
William Morris Meadow Update
They days are passing swiftly by and I’m glad to say that the ground preparation, the first stage of work for the William Morris Meadow is finally complete. After a […]
Capability Brown Festival Update – Compton Verney
On Monday this week I ventured down to the capital for a workshop with a difference, titled New Ways of Looking at Brown. ‘Capability’ Brown was the subject of course, around […]
Arts Award Discover
Do you know about Arts Award? Compton Verney has issued a new Arts Award Discover booklet for families. Discover is an introductory level to Arts Award and is aimed at […]
Sowing Wild Flower Seed
It has been a while since the last grounds team update and for good reason – we’ve been too busy! All will be revealed below, but suffice to say that […]
Ploughing on Regardless
Ploughing on regardless, or very nearly! Work on the Dan Pearson / William Morris meadow at Compton Verney gets under-way…
West Lawn Weeds Need Your Help!
After all: “A weed is just a wild flower in the wrong place”. To present a garden, and in my case a landscape garden in a certain way requires finding a […]
One Misty Morning
We have been treated to some lovely mild autumn days recently, the last few in particular preceded by chilly early mornings. The middle and upper pools at Compton Verney respond beautifully to this […]
Art
Need I say more, we loved the sculpture too, looks like the sun shone perfectly for your visit 🙂
Vincent
Stumbled across this lovely post from Compton Verney visitors, hope you like it too!
Hot off the press: Compton Verney’s e-magazine
Excellent article, and great results already with a new volunteer for the grounds team!
Stirring a Hornet’s Nest
I’m glad to report that our west lawn has received its end of season cut, amidst much activity on site. Now part of our ongoing maintenance schedule for the lawn, […]
Tai Chi at Compton Verney
Another Compton Verney Grounds event plug from me – however – this one is cost-free, very different from our normal offering and one that I think fits perfectly with our landscape! […]
Catching Fish
Based largely on verbal feedback from our anglers (which often reaches me second hand!) it would seem that on the whole, anglers are having a fair season so far on […]
Wild Warwickshire
Glad to spot one of our blog posts featured in the summer edition of Warwickshire Wildlife Trust’s – Wild Warwickshire magazine. Unsurprisingly, it is a quality magazine packed full of […]
Italian Art Talks – Palladio and Britain
There are a number of like-minded individuals who follow this blog with a good deal of love and appreciation, not only for landscape gardens but also for architecture. Indeed, most […]
12th plinth
The programming team first visited the Moore Rodin exhibition at the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Hertfordshire. When we realised 11 sculptures will be placed around the Compton Verney […]
Tree Facts – Wellingtonia at Compton Verney
Welcome to a page of the Compton Verney Landscape Garden blog, providing information about our Wellingtonia trees. Plant name: Sequoiadendron giganteum (synonym: Sequoia gigantea) Commonly known as: Wellingtonia; Giant/Sierra/California Redwood