Once every big house had its walled kitchen garden. In an age before imports and deep freezers, the head gardener and...

Harry remembers his life in the walled gardens and his rise from garden boy to head gardener. In the garden he tackle...

Winter locks the garden in its icy grip. It is an opportunity for repairing tools. Peter shows the range the Victoria...

Harry and Peter draw up a cropping plan for the coming year. Harry expects to plant over 25 different crops including...

It was called 'the hungry gap'. While the staff were fed tired offerings from the root store, the head gardener had t...

A wet May frustrates Harry's attempt to sow seeds on the open land. Under glass he starts on the cultivation of what ...

'Flaming June' lives up to its name. Harry is kept busy manipulating the blinds and ventilators of the glasshouses, t...

The soft fruit is ready for picking - morello cherries and black, red and white currants, red and yellow raspberries....

The preoccupation of the Victorian gardener during August was getting water to his plants. The invention of the India...

September is the month that brings cook the widest choice of fruit and vegetables. Although a time of plenty, little ...

One October morning Harry walks to the garden to gather a choice melon and an artichoke-like vegetable called a cardo...

Whenever the family was in its London residence, it still received fresh vegetables from its country garden. Harry sh...

Christmas occupies much of the head gardener's time. Harry ensures he has a plentiful supply of produce for the festi...