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Between the South and West (Wild flower) Lawn is a grove of mature Lime Trees at Compton Verney. Planted in a horseshoe pattern, and between the trees a gravelled, serpentine path snakes through […]

Christmas is coming! Santa’s little helpers (The CV team) have been busy getting Compton Verney ready for the festive season. We decided to take a break from decorating and freeze […]

On Friday 4 & 11 November, as part of our autumn interactive event IN-LIGHT, visitors created Light Drawings at our photography stations. The colours and patterns in these images look […]

If butterflies and moths are your thing, or you simply appreciate a good photograph, then this web page titled ‘Winged Visitors to Compton Verney’ is for you. We’re very aware of […]

It would be remiss of me to let another day pass without a word or two about the results achieved at Compton Verney by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. It was Brown’s […]

Landscape & Garden Update – 25.08.16 – As is often the case, the busiest and most active times for the grounds team at Compton Verney result in less time for blogging and […]

    This summer’s Britain in the Fifties: Design and Aspiration exhibition touches on the memories of those who lived through it and those who admire its aesthetic. As much as our […]

As part of our ‘Love Parks’ Weekend, you can finally join Rod our Volunteer Beekeeper and learn about the world of bees. You and your family can don the suits […]

  It looks like a day for a white wedding, so let’s have a wedding throwback to the 1950s!   Our summer exhibition, Britain in the Fifties: Design and Aspiration, […]

One of our recent #CVgrounds volunteer recruits has been out and about photographing Butterflies at Compton Verney in July. With the Old Town Meadow, East Park, and the West Lawn maturing as wild […]

Following the launch of a new book titled Lancelot Brown and the Capability Men – Landscape Revolution in Eighteenth century England, I’m glad to introduce a short talk that is […]

It’s volunteer photograph time again, and this time yet again it’s some wonderful images of damselflies, which have all been photographed in three locations within the parkland at Compton Verney. We’re focusing afresh on butterflies, […]

Hello everyone, I thought this recent addition to our British Folk Art collection might be of interest to some of the spoon lovers amongst you. We acquired this piece in […]

We caught up with Dr. Sarah Rutherford, author of The World of Capability Brown, as she prepares to give a fascinating talk on ‘Discovering Brown’ on 19 May at Compton […]

Following on from the successful scything workshop last year, Flora Locale are once again returning to the green and pleasant Compton Verney to deliver a beginners workshop. At this beginner’s workshop […]

Extension of deadline for Horticultural Apprentice! Deadline for applications now Mon 23 May 2016. A brief summary of the vacancy is below, but please click through to the Compton Verney website page […]

Long overdue is an update from the grounds team at Compton Verney…so here it is! Rising temperatures and longer day length makes for rapid plant growth, and most notably across […]

Compton Verney has been successful in the selection process along with four other venues across Britain to win artist Aowen Jin in Museums at Night Connect! 2016 Competition.

Antonia is one of our experienced exhibition curators and has been responsible for some of the most successful exhibitions in recent years, for example the Arts & Crafts House: Then […]

  Click to read: Inside Compton Verney Winter 2015 – Spring 2016