camellias

Warm, wet weather brings on the blooms

5th Mar 2024

Visitors to Exbury Gardens in the New Forest, which opens for the season on 9 March, are set for a floral treat as the recent warm, damp weather has triggered lots of blooms, up to 3 weeks earlier than normal.

Dragonfly face

What's in the water?

4th Mar 2024

Dragon and damsel flies are spectacular insects attracted to watery places such as streams, ponds and bogs, where they live and breed. The adult forms are very obvious in the summer months, but what goes on unseen under water?

 

 

BB3

Surprise family discovered during bird box review!

29th Jan 2024

Tiny mouse gives survey team a surprise during our annual review of bird boxes. 

Christmas at Exbury

There's magic in the air at Exbury this Christmas

9th Nov 2023

If you are currently feeling rather chilly and a bit damp from the unpleasant wet weather, we are offering a little cheer to brighten your horizon. 

November blog

NOVEMBER NEWS FROM THE GARDENS

9th Nov 2023

We might be closed but that doesn't mean there is nothing to do. In fact, our Garden Team are currently working harder than ever as our head gardener Tom Clarke explains. 

Nerines

OCTOBER NEWS

11th Oct 2023

Autumn is one of the busiest times in the gardens here at Exbury as efforts turn to the projects we have set aside for the coming winter months and make the most of the dry ground conditions before the monsoon arrives in December! 

HALLOWEEN

GHOSTS AND GHOULS AT EXBURY THIS HALLOWEEN

13th Sep 2023

ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH TO RIDE THE GHOST TRAIN? 

 

autumn sundial

SEPTEMBER NEWS

12th Sep 2023

September update from our Head Gardener Tom Clarke 

Hydrangea

LATE SUMMER NEWS

9th Aug 2023

As regular visitors to Exbury will know summer droughts are one of our perennial problems - this summer though has been a major exception! 

Red Admiral sq

ADMIRALS ON THE UP

9th Aug 2023

The increase in sightings of red admiral butterflies that we have spotted this year is being shared in gardens across Britain.

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Events galore and so much more at Exbury this summer

20th Jul 2023

Schools Out !

Late summer perennials

Late Summer News

20th Jul 2023

Summer highlights from the Exbury gardening team 

Rare dementia garden

Rare dementia garden relocates to Exbury

24th Jun 2023

A stunning sanctuary garden designed for those living with rare dementias and their carers, that won three top awards at the Chelsea Flower Show, has been moved and is now on display at Exbury. 

 

 

House Martins

House Martins return in great numbers

11th Jun 2023

The colony of House Martins on the water tower at Exbury is in full swing.

Red white and blue

Bloom-fest at Exbury for the coronation

4th May 2023

It’s going to be a blooming bank holiday thanks to late spring flowering at Exbury, the gardens with royal ‘horti’ connections