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 …
Tag: spring bulbs
The Woodland
Posted: 09/11/2021 by Caroline Welch
Wind your way through the woods to the newly created woodland garden, set in a natural bowl with a mature felled beech tree at its heart – perfect for practising your balancing skills! Relax and enjoy the dappled shade and the calls of birds; taking in the views across the ha-ha to the Tywi Valley. …
Category: Explore the Park, Woodland Garden Tags: bats, beech, birds, spring bulbs, trees, Woodland
Jenkinson Garden
Posted: 19/08/2021 by Caroline Welch
Greeting visitors to Bishop’s Park is one of the site’s major highlights – the Jenkinson Garden. This very special place has been designed to pay homage to the formal garden created here during Bishop John Jenkinson’s tenure between 1825 and 1840. This was the last time in its history the site underwent major landscaping works, …
Category: Explore the Park, Jenkinson Garden Tags: apple tree, beech, Bishop Jenkinson, flowers, garden history, pear tree, pollinators, spring bulbs, spring flowers
What to See Now: March
Posted: 18/03/2021 by Caroline Welch
In the first in a new series of blogs from our Head Gardener, Piers Lunt, we explore the changes that are taking place in the Park and Gardens this March. March is living up to the first half of the old saying ‘comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb’; let’s hope …
Category: Latest News Tags: birds, celandine, Ha-ha, nature, snowdrops, spring bulbs, wildlife