Name: Autumn Gardening with Tom Allen | Walmer Castle and Gardens, Kent
Uploaded: 2025-07-23T18:28:25.000Z
Duration: 15 min 11 s
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I'm at Warmer Castle and Gardens and I'm very excited to learn how this garden works And also in a moment, I shall be learning how to make an autumn wreath So stick with me Oh How lovely to find you amongst all these Dahlia's yeah, I love them.

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I was just deadheading this particular one actually, which is a really lovely cactus day They're called Andre's orange and he's orange.

I used to know him actually Isn't it We're actually a plant guardian for this for plant heritage So we're looking after this particular one because it's an old-fashioned and quite rare cultivar Oh, I see.

And what does so what does that mean as a guardian?

So we register that we have one and then say for instance a National Dahlia collection for instance would want a piece of it They can have a bit and we're trying to spread it around as well.

So we're trying to get people to grow it again They're so beautiful.

I Do really love this one, but I think my favorite one.

Oh gosh, there's so many they're all staring at us as well Self-conscious actually, I love the black one at the end.

Oh, yeah, it's a really good one They're so dramatic.

I feel like Elizabeth Taylor might wear that as a hat Once you do this like once a year you do once a year you'll trim the back.

Thank you Sorry, how often would you trim this so we do this once a year once a year great Great mulch Philip great mulch.

Well this time of year one of the things we do we start cutting back the perennials And one in particular that we want to do are these hellebores.

Oh This is what a hellebore is Mmm, I was assumed it's people describing me hellebore I doubt that Yes, oh So what's all this straw?

I'm so the other thing that we do in autumn in the garden is we wrap up our banana trees Oh, and just to protect them from the frost really we want the height of the stems And if you don't protect them, then they're quite likely to just completely go down to the I had one of these And I wrapped it up and I thought I did everything right and then it still had the audacity to die So we've got this straw.

Yes Straw and hay and hay is something that the animals eat and it's like grassy Dried grass basically and this is from barley harvesting So when they harvest the barley the straw is the the stems of the barley lovely perfect if you're doing a nativity So what we're going to do, we'll cut off the leaves of a banana And then we start packing this straw and then wrap fleas around it as well.

So really try and get it really well insulated I thought I did that very well.

You did very well Yeah, if you ever want to volunteer here, let us know Another running of them of warmer castle and gardens is done by volunteers.

Yeah, we've got a gardening team of five gardeners But on top of that just in the gardens, we've got about 30 volunteers and yeah, they're really great actually That's what people love.

They love to be involved and also they learn a bit about gardening Of course, we try to get them on to jobs and learn them a few things and different age groups and everything Yes.

Yeah, we've got I think our youngest volunteer is probably 18 19 The oldest is probably in her 80s, which she's been in for 12 and a half years actually Yeah, they're really really good and they're great fun to have around as well Apparently putting your hand in into the earth is really good for like calming you down.

It's really good for the soul It must be why all gardeners are so calm then.

Not sure It's true that you don't see many angry gardeners do you know generally don't know we're all pretty laid-back Put these pots here And then later on in the 1800s William Pitt bought a lot of land and that's when the the pleasure grounds and everything were extended William Pitt And that was William Pitt.

He was the youngest Prime Minister ever at 24.

I think he was 24 what was I doing getting drunk?

Lisa Lisa Lisa lovely to be with you What's your job here?

And so I'm the garden supervisor So basically the day-to-day running off the gardens Is it actually you who does most of the work it's Philip by me Lisa you you you were gonna show me something now.

Oh, yeah, I'm gonna show you how to do an autumnal wreath Oh, they're all the rage these days aren't they people like to do something to you know, celebrate autumn So I'm going to show you first how to just get the moss.

Oh, yeah Silver birch, okay as well, but I tend to use moss Do you mean like the we have got one?

Yeah I've used the wire as a base and then just tied round and it's the same principle as using the moss and you could in A way use a wire coat hanger.

No, no must mustn't use moss and mustn't feel obliged Yeah Anyway You just got a bucket of moss Nice bucket of moss and you can get moss off like a Damp wall, can't you?

Yeah anywhere like that woodland floors But ideally from your own garden most gardens have got a bit of moss somewhere.

I'm sure Oh mine has Mainly where the plants have died just wind it round and it stays.

Yep You do that You want it to be quite substantial?

Because this is what's gonna anchor Decorative bits.

Yeah, and also I guess it'll keep them a bit some a bit a bit more watered Yes.

Yes, the moss will keep it moist as well, which is good Well moss is amazing, isn't it?

And then you might just want to trim the bits off So you can use this?

Oh Lisa I like that You've got you've got two of them.

They're like moss brothers It is quite a good idea if you've got The room at home if you're doing it in a greenhouse or ever to try and hang it It's actually easier to oh, then you can see it.

Oh very wise That's the thing about you Lisa your wife.

I'm very wise very wise so These pins I'll show you which are floristry pins I'll probably say if children are doing it, maybe Pins, yeah, it's a little bit sharp.

So all of this has been collected from the gardens over the last couple of days It's not a beautiful selection dried flowers.

I would say are probably the best thing to go for Sort of reminding me of my eyebrows  Don't know what I mean The leaves are fine to use but these are eventually going to obviously go brown and die So bear that in mind you might have to refresh them.

Oh, yeah that grows everywhere I've got plenty of that.

Yeah, everybody's got ivy And I thought it was it was in the wrong place and it was it was pulling it was getting everywhere And I chopped it back.

Oh, yes Yeah, the Virginia creeper again, obviously this time of year is beautiful I thought Virginia creeper was a person Virginia creepers in the moat in the moat garden creeping about creeping about you know So I just take off all the leaves.

Yeah like this How am I doing am I doing yep, I just got this yeah, I just take this Like this wrap it around a couple times.

Okay And then snip a bit off the stem Wherever you want it to go or maybe put that It looks quite nice at the top doesn't it?

And you just sort of slide it in under the surface of it.

Again de-leaf it first De-leaf Defoliate.

You see I feel like I work in the gardens now Defoliate Perennials Is that a word I learned today?

Mulching And Propagate Propagate It turns out that just means basically putting seeds in the ground Yes I'm doing well here I think Oh look There you go That's covered your wire now It's covered me wires But that's the thing about it isn't it you can't really go wrong You can't go wrong You can use whatever you want to use Oh I've got Oh I've got verbena I've got rosemary, pine That one But again because this is dried This will last a long time And it will keep its colour as well So what you can do if you wanted More than one piece For example You put two together Just take a bit off there Because you don't need that much And then tie the two together With your wire Oh okay So like that it's got that bit sticking out And I'll just stick it in like that You can try and use these pins if you like Have you already wired it?

Oh that's fine I'd already wired That's okay They're a bit spiky those ones Echinops Echinops Echinops But these are all Seed heads that you'd find in a herbaceous border So the majority of it has come From the boardwalk So there's not much you can't use No not really Fabulous Oh that looks, it's taking shape Doesn't look as good as yours It's taking shape So you could use like Kirby grips Yes you could do Because you're going to cover it anyway So it doesn't really matter Or paper clips Or That's it Oh yeah This is looking gorgeous Gorgeous Maybe a bit more of the Lemon Lemonium To a little bit of oak leaf But like I say It won't last forever But it does look nice While it does last Well I suppose it might only be up for a few weeks For the autumnal celebrations And then you can make a winter one Yes If only there was a festival around winter That we could attach it You would need gloves for the holly though Oh tell me about it I made that mistake There's a reason that holly is able to grow everywhere It's because it's so mean It's something you could do With a group of friends If you wanted to catch up All together and you just wanted activity Or at the same time you could do it with Maybe a bored child Now is that silly Have I gone over the top there No I just fancied a flourish off the side A flourish off the side Of my horse chestnuts Sweet chestnuts Sorry It would be hard to get a conker on there I reckon Yes but we could try If anyone is going to do it it's us This is crabapple Crabapple Which are quite good to use But the only thing is I find because they Hang It's got to sort of be At the right angle Yes Which we can give it a go Oh yes you've absolutely smashed that Lisa yes Oh I feel like Lisa's one It's looking much more grown up Mine does have the air of Half term activity club Do you want a bit of Virginia Sure Oh here she is Virginia Creeper I didn't hear her come in There There There Or there Oh that's nice next to me Sweet chestnuts What do you reckon Beautiful Oh yes These ones do look Maybe a bit like they're falling off Put a pin in Well I'm quite pleased with it I don't know if I've gone over the top No you haven't What was it Coco Chanel said always The best accessory to put on But I'm troubled My accessories are pinned on now It's too late Too late Oh I'm ever so pleased with this Shall we lift them off to three Shall we One two three Oh yours looks much better Mine looks rubbish You can't go wrong You can't get an autumn wreath wrong Everybody says it This place is so old fashioned We've gone back to the blitz I feel like I'm in Foils War