Snip, snip! ✂️ Our topiary has had its annual trim. But this time you’re seeing it from above! A whole new view of Tatton Park’s famous gardens. 🌳✨ Once upon a time, gardeners balanced on ladders and wooden boards to get these perfect shapes… now it’s a little easier on the knees! 👩‍🌾🪜 Nowadays they trim the hedges atop a cherry picker. | Tatton Park

From our garden to yours - Celebrate glorious gardens and join in a day of virtual events with Garden Day UK. Enjoy flower crown crafts with the kids, story time with Sophie Dhal and tips from garden designers, all at https://www.gardenday.co.uk/events/virtual-garden-gathering/. Sunday 10 May 11am - 4pm. Then continue with the garden themed day and take a virtual, audio tour of Tatton Park's 50-acre Gardens with Head Gardener, Simon Tetlow. http://www.tattonpark.org.uk/what_to_see_and_do/gardens

Here's our Head Gardener, Simon Tetlow, telling us about our Feature Garden at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. The Neighbourhood Nursery showcases the beauty and diversity of plants grown right here in Cheshire and at the heart of our community.🌺🌿 The garden will become a welcome addition to our 50 acres of gardens here on the estate, and it hopes to become a welcoming space for visitors, volunteers and staff to meet throughout the seasons to inform and coach people in horticultural practices

Did you know there's a hidden room at Tatton park? A secret door in the Library reveals the only access to the original foundation of the Mansion. The Library is built over the original Mansion's domestic quarters and cellars, however, the original building only survived for 60 years before it was redesigned into the Mansion you can see today. With the weather turning even wetter this week, take your adventures indoors with a visit to our 18th century Mansion. Pre-booking essential, plan your vi

👋 Hey there travel fans! Have you heard about the latest discovery from the mansion’s plans and paperwork folios? 🕵️‍♀️ It's a design for a twin-engine yacht from 1928! 🛥️ These plans were created by an unknown draughtsman and were probably presented to Maurice Egerton, an experienced traveller who served as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. 😎 This yacht was clearly designed for travelling in style with two bathrooms, dining and smoking saloons, and even a space to park a ca