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Planting for the Future

A dedicated team of volunteers has made a huge difference in the park in the last two years. Building on the wonderful achievements in the Conservatory, heroic efforts have gone into bringing life to the long border and other flower beds and we have planted lots of new trees after your earlier generous donations. Park users have given us lots of positive feedback on what these areas now look like.


We have made a start, but this spring we need your support ....to make a major horticultural investment and begin the transformation of other tired and neglected areas of the park's historic gardens.

What we want to do next

  1. Replant the shrub beds behind Broomfield House   
  2. Replant the rhododendron beds
  3. Buy specimen plants for key focal points within the historic walled gardens. 

Join the Wall of Fame!

Should you wish, your donation will be included on our website 'wall of fame'.  

How can you help?

A close up of a bunch of yellow flowers
A garden filled with lots of flowers and plants
A bunch of pink and purple flowers in a garden
A little girl wearing a crown is kneeling down in the grass
A path in a park with trees and bushes on both sides
There are many different types of flowers in this garden.

Now - a sleeping giant
The 'Gazebo' border is a magnificent location behind Broomfield House.Set against a listed wall, but the planting has suffered long term neglect and needs revitalising.

The Future - with your support....
We can introduce more variety of colour, texture and form to the Gazebo border to give it interest throughout the year, awakening the potential of this setting.

A path going through a lush green forest with trees and bushes.
A park bench is sitting in front of a bush with pink flowers.

Now - Two rhododendron borders are looking sad, despite the best efforts on volunteers to revive them. Rhododendrons and azaleas can bring magnificent spring colour and can be interesting foliage during the rest of the year, but we needs funds to buy new plants. 

The Future - with your support
We can buy healthy new plants and revive the current stock, with underplanting to make more interesting beds. Mature plants don't come cheap though so your generous donations would help a lot towards our vision for the future of these beds. 

  • A white board with a bunch of dots on it

    Working to a plan

  • A woman in a yellow vest is sitting on the ground in a garden.

    Long Border

  • A woman is standing in a park holding a broom and a cup of coffee.

    Leaves and Clematis

  • A group of people are working in a park.

    East lawn

  • A man is pushing a wheelbarrow down a road.

    Wheelbarrows at dawn

  • A man in a green jacket is kneeling on the ground in a garden.

    Come rain or shine

  • A table with potted plants on it is sitting on the side of a road.

    New planting

  • A bunch of pink flowers in a garden with a brick wall in the background

    Long Borders  in Bloom

  • A bunch of purple flowers are growing in a garden.

    Long borders in bloom

  • A woman is kneeling down in a garden looking at flowers.

    Tending the long borders

  • A bunch of potted plants are growing in a garden.


  • A group of people are working in a garden on a sunny day.

    Working on the memorial garden


  • A group of people are standing around a garden in a park.

    Circular bed by Conservatory team

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