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 …
Unpeelling our History !
Posted: 06/05/2016 by Admin
A recent discovery found still attached to the east wall. A label for ‘Marie Louise d’Uccle which after much research and help from the Royal Horticultural Society is a dessert pear originating near Brussels around 1846. I think we have answered the question what will be our first new plant in the walled garden.
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