The Team at Mitton Manor are devastated to hear the sad news of Nigel’s passing @TheMontyDon. He had a screen presence humans can train for years to attain and will be missed by a great many households 🐕 our love to Nellie & Patty and all of your family at this time 💜

Sorry @clivenichols we’re also a little bit excited about this @PerennialGRBS #calendar2020 - we can’t think why 😇😇😶 Ladies (and select Gents), you’re welcome 😛

Good morning friends & followers! #HappyTuesday to all. We much prefer #frostymornings to the milder ones we’ve had this week, do you? Although, we must admit, it’s been quite nice having an extra 5mins in bed without having to defrost the car 🚗❄️ have a good day! 🌅

Good morning friends & followers! #happyMonday to all. We received a very wonderful early #Christmas gift in the post on Saturday morning - we’re very shocked and delighted to be on the cover of it! This is @clivenichols 2020 calendar, which is bursting with equisite garden snaps

Question: can you ever have enough #frost photos? ❄️ we think not (but do please tell us if you don’t agree)! How is everyone’s #ChristmasCountdown going so far?

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.” - J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) #FrostyFortnite ❄️

Good morning and #happyTuesday friends & followers! Who else is loving the #frostymornings we’re having recently? ❄️ we think it gives a lovely new perspective to everything in the garden. Stay safe though, it’s slippy underfoot 🥶

Happy #Friday friends & followers! Today’s #NationalTreeWeek ft is our #EnglishYew - or Taxus baccata - of which there are many in different forms around Mitton Manor gardens. In this @clivenichols photo it is in ornamental topiary form but we also have dense yew hedges too 🌳

Hello friends & followers! Today’s #NationalTreeWeek ft our #QuercusIlex (also know as Holm Oak). Their wood has been used since ancient times to construct the likes of pillars, tools and wagons to wine casks 🌳 here we enjoy the sound a breeze makes through their leaves 🍃

Day three of #NationalTreeWeek brings the majestic Mitton Manor #CherryTrees (Prunus Kanzan) - the undisputed stars of the show in Spring! Whilst we don't expect these double flowering cherries to live beyond 25 years, their beauty makes them well worth planting 🌸🌳

Our next #NationalTreeWeek feature is our #SilverBirch. A symbol of purity, Silver Birch provide food and habitat for 300+ insect species and hole-nesting birds often next in the trunks. Tolerant of a range of temperatures, these versatile trees grow from Spain to Lapland! 🌳

The first of our #NationalTreeWeek trees is our #Hornbeam. Planted in 2001 these stilted Carpinus betulus will live on at Mitton Manor for up to 300 years! We have used a pair of pleached hedges to create 'Hornbeam Avenue'. The second photo shows how our Hornbeam looks now 🍂

Good afternoon friends & followers! If you didn't know, this week is #NationalTreeWeek - the UK's largest celebration of trees, marking the start of winter tree planting season. We're going to be sharing a tree a day from the gardens this week, along with a #funfact about each 🌳

Good morning friends & followers! Happy #stirupsunday - the last Sunday before the season of Advent, traditionally when we start making Christmas puddings! Not sure about you but we’re not ready for autumn to end just yet! Here’s some Chinese Lanterns from the Pavilion Garden 🧡

Good afternoon and #HappyTuesday friends and followers! Brrr, it’s a bit chilly out this week isn’t it? 🐧❄️🥶 we hope everyone is keeping warm and you’re not getting too delayed by the #FrostyFortnite we’re getting. Stay safe out there!

Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word – the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages, Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again. - from The Old Issue by Rudyard Kipling #RemembranceDay2019 🌹

Hello and #HappyTuesday friends & followers! We’d like to say a huge #Congratulations to Coton Manor Gardens - the overall winner of @NGSOpenGardens @TEGmagazine #thenationsfavouritegarden competition! How fabulous for a #midlands garden to win 🥳 thank you for all your votes 💜

A very good morning & #HappyFriday friends & followers! Can you believe it’s nearly the end of #October ? 🍁🍂 the veil is thinning and #halloween2019 will soon be upon us 👻 do you have anything ‘spooktacular’ planned this weekend?