Upcoming events

Late Summer Bank Holiday

Monday 30th August

10.30am to 5.00pm

Foreign Trees In The English Landscape

Thursday 16th September

6.30pm

The Chinese Gooseberry Man

Thursday 30th September

6.30pm

Wedding Fayre

Sunday 3rd October

11.00am to 4.00pm


Curator's Choice

Marks Hall changes throughout the seasons, our Curator highlights his personal favourites

Calystimen

Published: July 2010

Callistemon (Bottlebrushes) are magnificent sun-loving evergreens, originating in Australia and Tasmania. 

Crataegus oxyacantha

Published: May 2010

Crataegus oxyacantha ‘Crimson Cloud’ is true to its name, each May it is weighed down with huge numbers of red blooms, making the tree hazy with colour and fragrance.

Published: May 2010

The flowers produce both male and female organs and are pollinated by bees, and are noted for attracting wildlife.Common names include Camas, Quamash, Indian hyacinth, and Wild hyacinth and they can be seen at Marks Hall near the Taxodium Swamp.

Magnolia 'Heaven Scent'

Published: April 2010

The goblet-shaped, fragrant blooms are pale pink on the outside and white inside, and appear from mid-spring to early summer.  Our planting of them, just behind the Honywood Oak is now approaching its climax!!!.

Published: April 2010

Corylopsis pauciflora commonly know as Winter Hazel is of Japanese origin, popular for its early display of bright flowers on bare branches.

Prunus x Okame

Published: April 2010

It is the first and most delicate of the spring Cherry trees, producing a mass of  almond scented flowers that attract a host of bees.

Stachyurus praecox

Published: March 2010

Is a deciduous shrub that is perhaps best noted for its unique and colourful flowers that bloom from February to March.

Chimonanthus praecox 'wintersweet'

Published: March 2010

This Chinese shrub is usually grown against a sheltered wall but as a woodland plant it is equally at home in a sheltered glade.  Its waxy pale yellow flowers are not produced until the shrub is a few years old but worth waiting for as it has a slightly spicy, sweet scent.

Snowdrops

Published: February 2010

Robins Grove at Marks Hall is a sight not to be missed this time of year.

Sorbus insignis

Published: September 2009

The most remarkable of the pinnate leaved Sorbus, creamy white flowers in the summer are followed by large heads of small pink fruit, which can currently be seen on route to the Memorial site.


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