Sunday 16th June 2024
10am - 3pm
Our Plant Fair.
The open gardens have gone from strength to strength. Culland has proved to be a firm favourite with plant lovers who return year after year, not only to see the ever changing gardens but to purchase plants from the specialist nurseries (some RHS) who make the annual pilgrimage a firm date in their diaries. A selection of gardening antiques, botanical prints and other delights are also there to tempt.
All profits go directly to The Mid Derbyshire Association for Mobile Physiotherapy – a small local charity that enables the housebound to receive essential physiotherapy in their own home. Culland’s dedicated group of fundraisers work tirelessly throughout the year.
The bustling committee offer homemade scones and cakes in the walled courtyard whilst the local Scout Group cheerfully ferry wheelbarrows crammed with plants to waiting cars.
This quiet corner of England bursts into bloom on this day, before retiring gracefully for yet another year.
It was nearly 30 years ago that the owners of Culland Hall embarked on creating a memorable garden at their home. Years of dedication have come to fruition to produce an exquisitely painted corner of Derbyshire, walled white gardens edged with cool white allium, hot reds and vibrant oranges ignite the kitchen garden. An old fashioned potager bursting with fruits and vegetables for the kitchen, a woodland walk with an autumnal palette of burnt sienna and ochre, coloured double borders of sky blues, bruised purples, deep clarets and blowsy pink peonies all rival Giverny in their splendour. As owner Lucy comments, “Gardening is really just painting with plants.”