Manor Oaks Nursery: opening soon

This morning we're busy sending out our press release for our brand new nursery which opens it's doors for the first time on the 3rd May (a week on Saturday)!

Marvellous Meadows – Get the Look here in Sheffield

By popular demand Green Estate is adding another attraction  to its Manor Lodge Site . From the 3^rd May and every Saturday until the end of August, a fantastic new specialist plant sale will operate just to the back of the Rhubarb Shed café.

The new venture is called Manor Oaks Nursery and the plants are all species that can be found in Sheffield’s very own  ‘Pictorial Meadows’ especially the  fantastic new long flowering perennial schemes jus becoming available. You may have seen these spectacular meadows at the Olympic Park or even driving through Rotherham  last year .

Along with a programme of new meadow tours this year we’re encouraging all plant enthusiasts and garden lovers to come, have a good rummage, chat to the nursery staff and gardeners and buy lots of lovely plants.

All proceeds go to support us keeping Sheffield Lodge Site  open to the public.

Further information Contact L.Noriega-Waite@greenestate.org

What's going on at Sheffield Manor Lodge!

Lian has been doing some seeding at the moment for pictorial meadow seeds and pictorial meadow trials for the tours later on this year in July. She has also started constructing the area for manor oaks nursery which opens on the 3^rd May.

Our volunteer Carole has been busy all winter making stock plants look nice in the shade tunnel.

Due to the nice weather the bees are doing well and buzzing about the place! Lian and Ethel were working with National trust doing some log extraction in Grindleford, in the Peak District. It was a very successful day with lots of members of the public.

Our site mascot, Big Lad, has been very busy this week. You might have seen him on the road pulling Ethel along in the cart up at Manor Fields.

Tony has been hard at work in the café. Pie night has been booking up  very quickly, the word has spread fast about the quality of food our young apprentices can produce! The Sunday openings have now begun too, opening at 10 and taking last orders at 3.

Alistair has been putting in some Flower beds down at the cottages and some trial pots have been put in at Manor fields.

The ducks have arrived and we have already had our first escapee! The mischievous duck was found in the lower field by Adrian. The duck the proceeded to follow Adrian back up to the farm but luckily decided not to follow him home afterwards!

Our Easter egg hunt preparation has begun! The Easter egg hunt will be taking place on Saturday 19^th April from around 10.30-3.30pm down at Manor Oaks farm. There will also be some craft activities put on and some prizes to be won along with tombola, donkey rides, pin the tail on the bunny and many more easter themed activities! We hope you are as egg-cited as we are!

And finally…Pack your bags bees! The bees are also on the move, moving from their current house at the cottages to Big Lad’s old shed. Work has begun on constructing the new home which will hopefully be the bees’ knees before their move in a month or so!