News

Published: September 2007

Renee Hockley-Byam headed down to Marks Hall again and spoke to Jonathan Jukes to find out more about the grass snakes and the ivy.

Published: August 2007

Exciting news about a truly unique project: you may be aware of the recent discovery in Australia of a very rare and unusual species of tree, the Wollemi Pine. This really is a living fossil and we are planning to plant the first grove of these trees here at Marks Hall in our Gondwanaland area.

Published: August 2007

Our next activity is a special Summer Holiday Children’s Day on Wednesday 15th August.

Published: August 2007

Marks Hall has been lucky enough to have received their help over the last week with our current tree planting project.

Published: July 2007

BBC Essex's Renee Hockley-Byam went along to Marks Hall at Coggeshall where the compost bins are regularly used as a nest site, and Curator Jonathan Jukes knew exactly where to look to find a female enjoying the afternoon sun.

Published: July 2007

The first activity of the summer holidays is our Children's Activity Sheet. The sheet is free to all visitors and can be collected on arrival at Marks Hall.

Published: July 2007

The first event of the summer holiday season at Marks Hall will be our Farmers' Market on Saturday 28th July.

Published: July 2007

Use the link below to listen again to our Curator Jonathan Jukes discussing the return of the Silver Washed Fritillary at Marks Hall with BBC Essex's Renee Hockley-Byam.

Published: June 2007

At the June market two new ideas will be ‘Tarts a la carte’ from a pastry chef who uses fresh seasonal fruit to make tempting deserts and also his range of ready to cook meat products to cut down that preparation time in the kitchen.

Published: May 2007

Don't forget our Farmers' Market on Saturday 26th May.