 We're delighted to have visitors back at Wadston. Those who know us well may be surprised to find our gardens looking a little different at the moment. For the last three months, a small team of gardeners have been looking after the grounds, so we've been unable to plant our usual colourful bedding displays on the parter and at the Avery. We're making a virtue out of necessity and we're trying different ways of looking after the garden this year. We're mulching and sowing green manure and wildlife friendly flowers like echiums, showy fasalia and sunflowers to improve and nourish our soil. Alongside a visit to our Avery, which is Europe's smallest registered zoo full of exotic inhabitants and the Woodland playground, we've got something for art lovers. Roses from my garden, a free exhibition by renowned fashion photographer Nick Knight, is now open in the Coach House Gallery at the Stables. We're making visitors and staff safety our top priority, so we're capping numbers, requiring everyone to pre-book and we're not yet running the shuttle buses. We're also asking visitors to be aware of not overcrowding one another on some of our narrower footpaths and in the toilets. We'd love you to support us by buying homemade sandwiches, salads, cakes and ice creams from the treatery takeaway at the Stables and from the coffee bar in the Manor courtyard and wine and gifts from the Manor shop. We're not yet able to open the house, the wine cellars or our restaurants, but we are working up future plans to do this safely, so please do check our website before you book.