The Dainty White Plume Moth
One of my most magical childhood memories is finding a White Plume Moth on a leaf and believing it to be either a tiny angel or a fairy....
Tom Sandall's Journal: 1863 - 1880
THE DELIGHTS OF PARIS, A WEDDING, FIVE CHRISTENINGS, AND SETTLING DOWN IN STAMFORD Paris in the 1860s 1863 In 1863 I went for my holiday...
This Day In ... 1878
CYGNETS SAILING DOWN THE MILLSTREAM 'A pair of swans that have made their headquarters among the osiers at the bottom of Breadcroft...
The Trees by Philip Larkin
The trees are coming into leaf Like something almost being said; The recent buds relax and spread, Their greenness is a kind of grief. ...
This Day In ... 1819
ST MARTIN'S VET ROBERT JAMES EXPOSED AS A FRAUD You might remember our post last year about John Swan, the Waterfurlong gardener and...
Queen Anne's Lace by Terri Kirby Erickson
Queen Anne's lace dandies up a ditch, like embroidered hankies in a farmer's pocket. Such tiny seed- pearl petals seem hand-sewn by...
The Waterfurlong Horse Chestnuts
This magical, painterly photograph was taken back in May 2003 by Waterfurlong gardener Huw of his little nephew Fred running down the...
This Day in ... 1876
"YOU ARE A WHORE AND A BUNTER AND YOU KEEP A FANCY-MAN!" ​ Victorian Waterfurlong gardener Edward Winterton grew up in one of Stamford's...
Clock-O'-Clay by John Clare
In the cowslip pips I lie, Hidden from the buzzing fly, While green grass beneath me lies, Pearled with dew like fishes' eyes, Here I...
April in the Gardens: We're So Excited We Wet Our Plants!
At last the gardening year proper is here and April has seen a frenzy of activity in Waterfurlong - potatoes put in, lawns mown, sweet...