Tulips in the kitchen Garden of Walmer Castle, Walmer, Deal, Kent, UK
Explore our range of fruit and vegetables and maybe pick up some ideas for your own garden or allotment. The Kitchen Garden has grown produce for the castle for nearly 300 years. We use complementary planting methods and grow all the cut flowers here for the castle arrangements. See the seasonal highlights in the garden. Step inside the adjacent greenhouses bursting with colour in all seasons. Nearby the moat garden also provides a great safe space for children to explore. Within the four box-edged beds a wide range of unusual ornamental fruit and vegetables are grown, overhung with traditional Kentish varieties of apples and pears grown in espaliered tiers. With three out of four beds dedicated to vegetables, complimentary planting creates flashes of colour amid the greens, and edible flowers increase the diversity and ornamental value of the beds. The Kitchen Garden is at its best in spring when the blossom on the cherry, apple and pear trees is in full bloom, resembling snow banked on the naked branches. By late summer, the whole area is bursting with ripening produce. The Kitchen Garden is a highlight at Walmer Castle in any season but the bright new shoots from the spring sowing of seeds, and the planting out of young plants, whet the appetite for the crops to come. By late spring the herbaceous plants of the Broadwalk will be showing off their vibrant fresh foliage, ready to provide colour and interest throughout the summer months and into the autumn. With the beds and borders a riot of scent and colour, mid-June sees the annual celebration of gardens across English Heritage. Blooming Gardens at Walmer Castle offers the chance to meet the garden team and enjoy tours, talks and demonstrations, as well as the chance to pick up plants from local nurseries. Throughout the year, events at Walmer offer many different opportunities to enjoy the gardens.
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Location: Walmer Castle and Gardens, Walmer, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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