Volunteers celebrate ten years of helping to restore historic walled garden in Warwick

The team at a historic walled garden in Warwick recently marked the 10th anniversary of volunteers working to restore the site.

In January 2014, a team of 30 volunteers turned, to start the task of returning Guy’s Cliffe Walled Garden to its former glory.

The garden had been a working kitchen garden for the Guy’s Cliffe estate (family home of the Greatheed family) from the 1760s until the mid 1940s.

In more recent years, it formed part of Hintons Nursery but prior to new ownership of the nursery it had fallen into dereliction in the early 2000s.

Now, the garden is producing lots of fruit and vegetables again; this time for local food charities.

The team of volunteers and the charities have become strong team.

Jude, one of the lead caterers at a local night shelter, said: “We really appreciate the regular donations of fresh produce we get.

"Our guests may occasionally be a bit wary of some of the things we give them, but we’ve also had a lot of converts to roasted squash and parsnips.”

Currently work is taking place to restore the glass peach house, while other volunteers are preparing for another busy season growing and picking fruit, vegetables and flowers.

The garden is open throughout the year, and later this year will be co-hosting World Bee Day, where there will be a range of activities, refreshments and stalls as well a great display by Warwick and Leamington Beekeepers.

For more information, go to: www.guyscliffewalledgarden.org.uk