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back to news index ..... Indulge your passion for gardening on a National Trust working holiday If you love the beauty and variety of National Trust gardens, then you could really enjoy the benefits of a National Trust working holiday. Whether it’s preparing a kitchen garden for its seasonal crop or planting bulbs for gorgeous displays, there is plenty to tempt you, whatever your age or experience. Volunteers at Waddeston. ©National Trust The National Trust have a number of working holidays on offer this spring and summer in some of the Trust’s most magnificent gardens and estates around the country. These include such lovely gardens as Sunnycroft, Shropshire (4th to 7th April and 2nd to 8th August) - Beningborough Hall, Yorkshire (9th to 11th May, 7th to 11th July) – Waddesdon Manor, (17th to 24th May) – Hughenden Manor (24th to 31st May) Sissinghurst Castle Garden, (17th to 23rd August) and Wallington, (25th May to 1st June.)
Wallington © Recklessgardener There are lots of interesting gardening jobs to get stuck into and you will learn a lot too. At Beninborough you will help with planting and weeding fruit and vegetables in the walled garden; at Waddesdon Manor it will be gardening on a grand scale with the planting of thousands of bulbs in one of the finest Victorian bedding schemes in the country while at Sissinghurst, for something a bit different, you could help build a boardwalk in one of the world’s most famous gardens. Too good to miss – log onto www.nationaltrust.org.uk/volunteering - to find out more or call the booking office on 0844 800 3099.
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