Cascades Gardens are pleased to announce that our Garden will be featured on the BBC East Midlands Today program at 6.30pm, Thursday 15th May. The feature about our Garden is the first in this years series of weekly garden presentations by Martin Fish and John Stirland.

Despite the showery weather and a faulty camera the pair really enjoyed exploring the different areas of the garden. They traced the flow of water from pond and stream, and canal and mill race to the ruined corn mill which originated from 1750. They highlighted all the planting opportunities that this gave owners Alan and Elizabeth Clements. Using radio microphones they were also able to simultaneously present from different ends of the garden, including the valley of the garden and along the top of the 80 foot cliff!

Cascades Garden has responded well to the recent week of sunshine and everything is looking fresh and green despite being about 2 weeks late this year due to the cold and wet weather in April. Many of the thousands of herbaceous perennials in the extensive borders are now growing rapidly and the trees are coming into leaf.

If you haven’t seen the link on our www.cascadesgardens.com homepage, we have just launched a new website totally devoted to our Garden. The site can be found by clicking here, or by visiting: http://www.derbyshiregarden.com.

On our new website you will find lots of information about the garden including many before and after pictures over the last 12 years while the garden has been developed. There is a wonderful collection of flower pictures from the garden, including hellebores, hardy perennials and herbaceous perennials.

The garden is open to the public 10.00am to 5.00pm on Wednesdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays between 1st April to 30th September. For more details on charity events and opening times please visit our site.

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