Holkham is beginning to spring into life

 

Snowdrops in the Walled Garden

Easter is a lovely time of year for us, our seasonal staff team return as do our visitors, the dark winter nights are a distant memory and Holkham goes into gear. The overwintering pink footed geese, which have provided the sound track to winter and spectacles in the skies, will be replaced with graceful, elegant swallows and house martins. The woodland adventure play area will again be filled with happy children letting off steam and we're really excited this year that we have extended it to include a specific area for our youngest visitors with their own toddler area. Daffodils, tulips, snowdrops and alliums will emerge in the walled gardens planted by local school children from Burnham Market and Wells and it’s fantastic to see their faces as they are surprised at quite where they planted them!

The start of a new year

Walking Women, February 2015

Welcome to the first post of our new blog. 2015 promises to be an extremely interesting and fun year. As the Estate’s Education Officer I often get asked ‘what do you do in February?’ the short answer is lots! As the weather is too cold and unpredictable to host school visits and our visitor attractions are closed our time is spent looking ahead and planning the year, making changes and updates which will improve our customers' experience whether they are 8 years old or 80. Before we know it, it will be March and the last preparations to open to visitors will be fully underway before we open our gates for our annual preview day.