Volunteer Stories – Kath Elvy
10/06/2026
By Anne
Costume Volunteer Producing 100 metres of bunting. Volunteering at the park for a few months. “I am part of the seamstress team of five who are now involved in making costumes for the public and some of the staff re-enactments of period history. “I have done some sewing and acting in the National Botanic Garden …
Exciting Discoveries in the Walled Garden!
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
Some weeks ago, while fencing off the foundations of the old greenhouses in the walled garden, our landscape contractors ‘lost’ a fence post in the surrounding ground. As they knocked it in, it disappeared in a void underneath.
On 3rd November 2021, surveyors from SUMO Survey Services brought their Ground Penetrating Radar equipment to the Walled Garden in order to survey what may be under the area. SUMO Survey Services were part of the team who found King Richard III’s remains under a car park in Leicester some years ago.
Early indications show that there are 2 ‘voids’ located over a meter underground & we await their full results with anticipation!
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