< Previous20 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYGARDENSSimple words cannot doGrimsthorpe justice. When theestate opens once again onThursday 3rd April, we urge you togive it a visitopen and inviting.Charting the sheer amount of plants and flowers ismind-boggling. Suffice to say there are some rareexamples that are held up as reasons to visit. Forexample, a fantastic and roaming Magnolia grandifloracreeps up the side of the Elizabethan side of the castle.The woodland section leads away from the castleitself and contains a fantastic array of horticulturaldelights. As well as tulips, aconites, snowdrops,bluebells and orchids, there are countless examples ofmature trees which will give any fan of rare examples atreat on a walk round.Eddie lives on site in a cottage within the woodlandsection and close by are bean trees, cedars, ash treesand even a Judas tree. There’s also a fascinatingJapanese Royal Cedar which Eddie describes as ‘layeringitself’ in leaves. Close by again is a cut-leaf walnut tree,which garners many comments from visitors. That’s notto mention the prehistoric Gingko tree.Reaching a far side of the woodland area, we aretaken into the old Victorian walled garden which is tobecome a sculpture garden due to open soon. It’s asloping and beautifully-rendered space and futurevisitors will no doubt delight in its charm as well as the22 Á18-22_Layout 1 20/03/2015 12:36 Page 3FREE PRIZE DRAW for Saga Readers!*AGRAND DESIGNThe Ultimate Garden FenceMaintenance free, guaranteed for 25 years, meet the fence system taking the UK by stormSPECIAL REPORT: Pete Starling celebrates hassle-free fencingCall now for your FREE home quoteOriginally devised in Australia, a country known for its extreme weather, Colourfence panels are guaranteed to last at least 25 years - without ever needing to pick up a brush again. 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Starting costs arein line with comparabletraditional systems but offerthe ongoing peace of mindthat your investment willcontinue to save time andmoney year after year.For those of us who love ourgardens, Colourfencepromise a lifetime of hassle-free enjoyment. For moreinformation, simply call one oftheir helpful team. Fix yourfence once and for all - andthen forget it!18-22_Layout 1 20/03/2015 12:36 Page 422 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYGARDENSGrimsthorpe Castle is near Bourne, PE10 0LY. To findout more or to arrange a group visit, call Ray Biggson 01778 591205 or visit www.grimsthorpe.co.ukCHARLES H. 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Statues line the walkways and it certainlymakes for a captivating spectacle.Within the kitchen garden there are lines and lines of overtwenty lettuce varieties, apple trees, sweet peas and a wholebounty of other fruit and vegetables.Eddie also proudly points out a quince tree that he trims ina way that fascinated His Royal Highness Prince Charles on arecent visit, stopping him in his tracks and commenting thathe’d never seen a quince trimmed before.Talking of trimming, the famous box hedges you get thefeeling are Eddie’s pride and joy. We visited as was is trimmingthem, but the matching birds give a regal and sophisticatedfeel to the small ponds gently splashing with diminutivefountains in a peaceful, separate garden near to the woods. Simple words cannot do Grimsthorpe justice. When theestate opens once again on Thursday 2nd April, we urge youto give it a visit. You won’t be disappointed.18-22_Layout 1 20/03/2015 12:36 Page 5Visit the newly refurbishedPennells Garden Centre at LincolnHuge refurbishment across the whole garden centreA 400+ SEAT RESTAURANTA NEW FOOD HALL SUPPLYINGLOCAL PRODUCE AND FEATURINGSIMPSONS BUTCHERSHUGE FULLY COVERED PLANT AREA7 CONCESSIONS ONSITE RANGINGFROM CLOTHES TO CAMPINGLARGE GIFT AREA350FREEPARKING SPACESNewark Road, South Hykeham, LincolnAlso at Humberston Road, CleethorpesLINCOLNSHIRETODAY23GARDENSKey features include additional seatingin the restaurant, an outdoor dining area,additional parking including more spacesfor disabled customers, a butchers, afood hall, a fully covered plant area toprotect from the elements (which can beopened up during the summer days) anda fine bedding and curtain concessiononsite. The new look at Pennells in Lincolnhasn't removed any of the popularaspects of the centre, though! Theextended restaurant, for example, still hasa theatre cooking area to watch the foodbeing prepared in front of you. It has anexcellent reputation for providingcustomers with homemade food atexcellent prices.In addition there's still the pet sectionfor all your animal needs, a craft shopoffering a large array of products and anextensive gift range to suit all needs– plusa huge selection of plants and gardenaccessories.The extension means Pennellscontinues as one of the most popularlocations in Lincoln, as it has been since1780.For more information call01522 880033 or visitwww.pennellsonline.co.ukA new look to Pennells in LincolnPennells Garden Centre inNewark Road, SouthHykeham, Lincoln, hasundergone atransformation over thewinter. An extensionmeans there is both moreindoor and outdoor spaceto the garden centre.23_Layout 1 20/03/2015 13:43 Page 1Ed Fuller from FullersForestry and Landscapingillustrates howsustainability can be stylish24 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYSpring has sprung and it’s at this timeof year that preparations for the gardenstart so that it’s ready to be well used inthe summer. With a host of ideas on TVit’s no wonder more and more people arelooking towards a garden makeover, butwhat are the latest trends?In the sixties it was the immaculatelymaintained lawn, the seventies saw theintroduction of gadgets such as the leafblower and this continued in the eightieswhere gardens were planned usingcomputer software. TV then set the scenefor the nineties with a variety of stylesbeing adopted, from the Tuscany look toa low maintenance party garden.Another trend which started in thenineties and set the scene for today’sgardens was the green movement, wherenature was more important in the design.This has developed into the new conceptof the noughties and is summed up withthe buzzword of sustainability. This isapparent in some of the predicted gardentrends for 2015.Go green inyour gardenOrganic and edible gardens As well as garden programmes thereare just as many food shows, and theyare showing us how so many of theplants and flowers we can grow in ourgarden are edible, such as Busy Lizzie,Carnations, Fuchsias and Pansies. Theycan add colour to your garden and yourfood. Alongside your edible flowers, youcan create bug hotels which will ensurethe organic processes in the garden takeplace, and encourage a variety of wildlife.Succulent plantsThese are plants that retain water andso are thickened and fleshy inappearance. They are an ideal plant havein gravel or paved areas and so are aperfect addition to low maintenancegardens to add structure and a dash ofcolour, with minimal care needed. Artificial grassYour lawn will look green all yearround but also be ready immediatelyGo green inyour garden24-25_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:19 Page 1when the summer weather starts. Furthermore, it can helpwith the environment as there is no mowing, no need towater and no need to use pesticides. Many companies makethe artificial grass in this country and some contribute to theenvironment by purchasing carbon credits, so offsetting theenvironmental cost of the grass and the factory where it isproduced.Garden art and upcyclingThis seems to be a big thing at the moment with peopleusing various everyday objects, making changes to them, andhey presto – something different for the garden. These canbe things such as old tyres being turned into seats, oldwellies being hung from the fence with flowers in them ormaybe an old toilet being used as a flower pot and feature! Ifyou search for Fullers Landscaping on Facebook, I’ve recentlyposted some ideas on there.Trends come and go and our gardens will continue to reflectthe times. As a designer, I find this a positive thing as it meanswe can introduce new ideas, concepts and materials andhopefully lead the way to the next decade of garden fashions.If you’re wanting to make changes to your garden, no matterhow big or small, make sure you plan it, research it and if it’snot possible for you to carry it out, get a professional! LINCOLNSHIRETODAY25GARDEN ADVICESpecialised Servicesin Garden DesignLandscaping andTree MaintenanceBacked by a highly-skilledand experienced team,we’ve built our reputationon an ability to provide our clients with professional, tailored gardening and forestry solutionsFREE NO OBLIGATION QUOTATIONSCall 01522 868717 or 07867 510544info@fullersforestry.co.uklwww.fullersforestry.co.ukwww.landscapinglincolnshire.comFULLERSForestry & LandscapingApril’s garden diaryThe jobs for this month are...• Keep weeds under control• Mow your lawn (if you haven’t got an artificial one!) andrepair bare patches• Divide bamboos and waterlilies• Protect fruit blossom from late frosts• Sow hardy annuals and herb seeds• Sprinkle fertilizer around clumps of tulips• Feed hungry shrubs and roses• Increase the water to houseplants• Plant out perennials in groups of three, five or seven• Leave daffodil foliage intact or at least six weeks afterflowering to regenerate bulbs, so they’ll bloom again nextyearPHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/DARIA MINAIEVAPHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM/ELENA ELISSEEVA24-25_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:19 Page 226 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYLINCOLNSHIRE WALKSThe town grew up to take advantageof a location that offered access to thenatural resources of both the fenland tothe east and wooded hills to the west.This is similar to a string of villagesoccupying comparable fen edge sitesnorthwards virtually up to Lincoln.For small town Bourne has more thanits fair share of historic associations withfamous people beginning with Herewardthe Wake, who is traditionally, thoughwithout hard evidence, said to have beenborn and held family estates here andwho led resistance in the fens to theNormans following the Conquest.William Cecil, who rose in politicalcircles to become Lord Treasurer toQueen Elizabeth I, who built, and largelydesigned, Burghley House at Stamford,was born in 1520 on the site of theBurghley Arms in the Market Place, nextdoor to the Town Hall of 1821 with itsunusual, twin curved outside staircases.Charles Worth who became the founderof the renowned Paris fashion house,catering for Europe’s royalty and highsociety, was born a few yards away alongNorth Street in 1825. A more recent birthBOURNE, DYKE &CAWTHORPEFor our April walk we visitthe far south of the countyfor a fenland andwoodland around Bourne.EXPLORINGLincolnshireON FOOTBOURNE OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOLEXPLORINGLincolnshireON FOOTin the town was Raymond Mays (1899 -1980). A lifelong car fanatic he foundedthe legendary British Racing Motors in1947 and his cars were driven by suchfamous drivers as Fangio, Stirling Mossand Jackie Stewart.Near the start is St Peter and St Paul’sAbbey church, a surviving part of a 12thcentury abbey, founded by Arrouasiancanons in 1138 on an earlier Saxonchurch site. An ambitious restorationaround AD1200 never came to fruition;presumably the money ran out and thecanon’s numbers were soon to bedrastically depleted by the Black Death.Consequently the west front still has onlyone of the two intended towers. Thetown’s old grammar school of 1636 stillstands at the rear of the churchyard.From Bourne to Dyke we walk beside theRoman Car Dyke that linked the River Neneto the Witham near Lincoln. On reachingDyke village we find seats on the villagegreen for a breather, but there’s no church,only a Baptist Chapel (1858) andLincolnshire’s only wooden-clad smock mill.Today’s Bourne Woods is a smallremnant of ancient forest that probablyBALDOCK’S MILL26-27_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:10 Page 1LINCOLNSHIRE WALKSregenerated here following the end of thelast ice age but was in the Middle Agespart of Hereward the Wake’s domain. TheForestry Commission has managed thewoods since 1926 and at quiet times youmay glimpse some of the resident deer.Look for evidence of coppicing - apractice that supplied a thriving localfurniture industry until WW1.We return through Bourne’s Well HeadGardens. In the 12th century there was acastle here, and there may have been oneeven earlier, the site betrayed now only bygrassy banks and mounds. The St Peter’sPool springs are the source of the BourneEau, soon seen beside Baldock’s Mill; thisworked until the 1920’s and is now hometo Bourne’s Heritage Centre. Openweekend afternoons. Nearby on the banksof the Eau is a memorial to RaymondMays.THE ROUTE. From the carpark entrancecross the road and enter the lane a fewyards to your right. After 100 yards youmay turn right if to visit the abbey now.Otherwise turn left along a walledalleyway. At the road go right and justbeyond the Methodist chapel turn leftand then the first right. (Manning Road)Keep ahead until you reach StantonClose, cross the bridge and immediatelygo left on the footpath beside the CarDyke.Continue by the dyke to a lane, crossover and at the end of the field containingan owl tower - there’s an informationboard about it - reach a kissing gate. Stillkeeping ahead walk down a longmeadow, through more kissing gates andfinally two paddocks to reach the road atDyke. Turn left through the village toreach the A15 road.Cross carefully onto the footpathopposite walking beside a hedge towaymarks at its end. Now go forwardover an arable field, if anything bearingslightly right, to a grass track andwaymark post - possibly just on yourright. From that cross the next fieldaiming towards a row of trees and join alane at some steps and a fingerpost.Follow the track opposite (Wood Lane)and in half a mile, and some 60 yardsbeyond an access map on the rightdetailing some local permissive paths, takethe path on your left into Bourne Woods.left and at the road end use the handgateopposite to enter the Well Head Gardens.Immediately before the lake (St Peter’sPool) bear right and follow its bank roundto a long, wooden footbridge. Turn rightover this then go left following a fenced,waterside path to an archway through theBaldock’s Mill Heritage Centre. At the roadgo left passing the Raymond Maysmemorial to the carpark where youbegan.by Hugh MarrowsCAR DYKE AT DYKEBOURNE ABBEYRAYMOND MAYSMEMORIALThis soon becomes a track, which youshould follow now for 1½ miles, ignoringall side paths/tracks - unless you wish toexplore! - until you reach the second“Beech Avenue” fingerpost. Now keepahead, shortly veering left to reach BeechAvenue itself. On the way you’ll pass aCommunity Orchard - open to the publicat weekends.Turn right and at the main road crossover and turn left. In 350 yards go rightinto Churchill Avenue, then take the secondST PETER’S POOLFACTFILESTART: Carpark, South Street, BourneMAPS: OS Landranger 130 (Grantham) • Explorer 248DISTANCE: 6½ miles • 10.5 kilometresREFRESHMENTS: Inns and cafés in Bourne • Wishing Well, DykeLINCOLNSHIRETODAY2726-27_Layout 1 20/03/2015 10:10 Page 2ThepowerofprintsPrints and patterns are hugelypopular on this season’s newoutfits and add plenty of colour toyour spring wardrobe. Newtechnology means these printslook even cooler than before, sowhether you want to add a touchof excitement or stand out fromthe crowd with some boldpatterns, there’s something onoffer.28 LINCOLNSHIRETODAYFASHIONThepowerofprintsPrints and patterns are hugelypopular on this season’s newoutfits and add plenty of colour toyour spring wardrobe. 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