For your diary 1 August Sunday tours, 2.30 – 5.00Volunteers from the Friends of Caversham Court Gardens will be on hand on the first Sunday of every month to give informal guided walks or to answer questions about the gardens and the refurbishment. 5 September 12 September
Explore historic Caversham with local historian Joan Dils, who will be leading a walk in the afternoon, starting from Caversham Bridge and ending in Caversham Court. You can find booking details of this and all the other Heritage Open Days events taking place across Reading between Thursday 9 and Sunday 12 September in the Reading Borough Council Heritage Open Days leaflets, which will be available from libraries. Recent events have included: The St Peter and St Margaret parish fete  The Big Art Picnic  An Easter Egg trail (Photo courtesy of http://jingphotography.co.uk) | In season July   June Nepeta - flowering under the yew hedge on the long walk - the blue flowers are beloved by bees. The nerines in the same bed are looking promising - they should make a lovely show of colour in the late summer.
Roses should in full flower - there were none last year as a visiting deer ate all the new shoots. Flamboyant bedding plants in the vinerywill - reminiscent of a recreational greenhouse in a wealthy Victorian household. Purple grape vines are already growing up the trellising newly erected over the vinery Look for Acanthus in the west border and the allium in the east herbaceous border. The Japanese pagoda tree (Sophora Japonica) flowers – look for it between the Magnolia and the Tea Kiosk. May Wisteria behind the east and west border March Lots of tulips and anemones have been planted in the borders and daffodils, tulips and irises on the winter walk down from St Peter’s. February Crocus on the lower lawn next to the Thames. January Snowdrops under the yew family |
