About: Great Chalfield

Ming Blog for August 2011 August has been really good for us doggies this year. Not too hot and without our wonderful Spring to swim in every day it would have been miserable not to be  able to cool down. Quite often Patsy takes us to the stream which I loll around in but MollyContinue Reading

We have enjoyed a busy Spring and Summer with 15,000 visitors; and there is still lots of colour in the garden. Harvest is late due to catchy weather but the combine is busy cutting wheat today, and the kingfisher whizzed by yesterday. The Friends invite you all to a lovely Concert in the Hall on Saturday 1st October,Continue Reading

Garden news August 2011 One of the most exciting flowers that we have grown from seed this summer is The Black Beauty Poppy.  I did make the mistake of placing  it in the front of the border and really it is not only too large but its foliage is not very pretty.  However is suchContinue Reading

Great Chalfield garden news June 2011 The roses are glorious three weeks earlier than usual this year : lots of dead heading looms up. If you dead head plants on time most probably they will flower again. We have had a  little rain this month, which has been a huge relief as there are quite aContinue Reading

Friends of Great Chalfield brought Bath Opera’s touring production of  Figaro to the Great Hall last weekend. Full houses on both nights enjoyed fine voices enchanting music and  brilliant entertainment. “Friends of Great Chalfield bring Bath Opera’s Figaro to the Great Hall in July The weather was fine enough for hardy picnics, but the warmth ofContinue Reading