Dilemmas with your dahlias? Problems with potatoes? Issues with ivy? To mark National Gardening Week (April 28th to May 4th), Blenheim Palace is launching ‘Ask Andy’ – a unique opportunity for visitors to quiz Head Gardener Andy Mills with their horticultural dilemmas.
As well as enjoying the stunning Formal Gardens at Britain’s Greatest Palace, visitors can drop a question into one of the special post boxes located in the Walled Garden and near the Water Terraces. Andy will then pick a selection of Gardening Week questions to respond to, via Blenheim Palace’s YouTube and Instagram channels.
Andy Mills commented: “I love passing on knowledge and tips – it’s how we all become better gardeners, me included. It’ll be fascinating to see what questions visitors send my way during Gardening Week.”
Under Andy’s expert eye, the gardens are undergoing a mammoth 10-year restoration and transformation, including the reintroduction of many ‘lost’ features and elements which have disappeared across the last three centuries.
To book tickets for Blenheim Palace, Park and Gardens: www.blenheimpalace.com/tickets-booking/
About Blenheim Palace
Home to the Dukes of Marlborough since 1705, Blenheim Palace was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Set in over 2,000 acres of ‘Capability’ Brown landscaped park and gardens, it was designed by Vanbrugh in the Baroque style and is also the birthplace of one of Britain’s most famous leaders, Sir Winston Churchill.
With over 300 years of history to share and one of the most important and extensive collections in Europe, the magnificent stately home has a rich variety of cultural highlights and an extensive programme of special events and exhibitions.
The total Estate expands into a further 10,000 acres outside of the designated UNESCO World Heritage Site and focuses on care for the land through sustainable means, pursuing net zero, the growth of the local economy, the provision of affordable homes, apprenticeship training and supported community groups as part of its ambition to make this part of Oxfordshire a fairer and better place.
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