Weston Park is to host a Volunteers Open Day on Thursday 27 January where gardening enthusiasts can  learn about helping in the next phase of the restoration and development of the estate’s historic Capability Brown designed Walled Garden.

Weston Park is looking for people who would like to regularly help the estate’s garden team in planting, tending and harvesting in the traditional kitchen garden as part of its ambitious plan to fully restore this world of healthy food production. Produce from the Walled Garden is already used in the estate’s popular Granary Brasserie and the House kitchen.

Gareth Williams, Curator & Head of Learning, said: “The plan is that as the garden is redeveloped, it will increase the amount of produce grown onsite and it will play a greater part in hosting educational visits to the estate. In recent months the garden has become a focus for Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) sessions. These are designed for children from Shropshire Council and Staffordshire County Council areas led by Educating Kids Outdoors, which has indicated a strong demand for learning more about healthy foods.”

Weston Park already has a keen team of volunteers who help in other aspects of the historic estate’s conservation, and so the estate is holding an open morning on Thursday 27th January 2022 at 10.00am for anyone who might like to join the team and get involved. The morning will include the chance to meet some of the team with presentations about the history of the gardens, the production and use of food in the kitchens and in education at Weston and the chance to see the Walled Gardens themselves.

To register to join the Walled Garden Volunteer Open Morning please contact Alison Poole on 01952 852130 or email: alison.poole@weston-park.com