Advice & Guides

Welcome to our blogs featuring the photos and sightings of wildlife in the garden (and outreach sites like Chattowood, and the Meanwhile Garden and Albert Roundabout in Colchester) by our staff, whether in the office, shop, tea-room, nursery or garden. The images are curated and commented upon by Dr Chris Gibson, our Wildlife Advocate.

While the photos are not always of the highest quality – our staff are busy doing their main jobs! – they give a real feel of life in the garden, something we are very keen to encourage, as indeed was Beth.

Find out what the propagation and garden teams have been up to this week.

Find out what the propagation and garden teams have been up to this week.

Head Gardener Åsa continues to share some of Team Chatto’s favourite plants.

Find out what the propagation and garden teams have been up to this week.

Welcome to the second part of the blog by Head Gardner Åsa, highlighting the plants that remained impressively unfazed by the scorching May Bank Holiday heatwave.