![]() ![]() So the curtain falls on this years’ auricula display and we can now start thinking about next years’ flowers. The auricula display is now complete and the theatre is displaying pelargoniums. Already we have about 140 different varieties in our collection and we hope to build upon that. Explore the Tramway Trail by bike or on foot. Look out for red and fallow deer in their restored enclosure. Well, it has to be said that five weeks later we are pretty pleased with ourselves! Things have gone so well. Spot the Old Man of Calke, a 1,200 year old oak tree. The theatre looked its best for all our visitors at all times and we managed an extra week of display. We used a peat free potting mix which hit the spot and having the auriculas here on site at different stages of growth meant it was so simple to replace a fading plant with a fresh. walled gardens and explore the orangery, auricula theatre and the kitchen gardens. ![]() In preparation for growing our own auriculas the gardening team constructed a new greenhouse in autumn last year and it worked as well as we had planned allowing us to control the amount of shade and ventilation for the growing plants. Enjoy the wider estate of Calke Park and National Nature Reserve. Circumstances change and this year we went solo, hoping that our visitors wouldn’t see a dramatic decline in the standard of display! We brought over a collection as they came into flower and returned them when we had finished with them, just like a library book. Calke Abbey has the only original auricula theatre in the country.įor decades the Calke Gardeners worked with a nursery who would supply us with the auriculas to stock the theatre. For decades the Calke Gardeners worked with a nursery who would supply us with the auriculas to stock the theatre. Standing in the north-west corner is the country’s only surviving Auricula Theatre, built in 1830 pretty impressive hey The wooden alcove not only gives the plants protection from the elements, but allows a whole collection to be admired en masse and at eye level, where they create maximum impact. As tastes changed they fell out of fashion and houses removed the theatres. Calke Abbey has the only original auricula theatre in the country. ![]() In large country houses it was the fad in the 18th century to have auricula theatres to display these flowers at their best. The National Trust's Calke Abbey is a country house estate set among 600 acres of countryside and gardens in Ticknall, Derbyshire. ![]()
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