After just 2 months as Head Gardener at Minterne, we are thrilled to announce the discovery of a rare 'lost' species of a 100-year old Rhododendron beanianum.

The weather on my first week at Minterne seemed to be returning to winter, with cold nights & north easterly winds, but also thankfully very sunny. 

During my interviews I could see there was an enormous amount of work in the garden tidying, pruning, weeding, but it was not until I had been walking round looking in detail at the garden, that the amount sunk into me, and boy do I love a challenge!!