Garden Studios

Although the Somerset property doesn’t have a winter garden as such, there are snowdrops coming through so that you can soon be followed by other spring bulbs.

More importantly these days, it is possible for you to to look an enticing photographic exhibition about life at Tyntesfield.

Garden volunteer Amanda Harman spent a year photographing the estate and those that work on it.

The resulting work, a chain of prints and a portfolio book, would be shown at Tyntesfield within the old piggery – but only until February 28.

The 25 photographs, made across the glasshouses, potting sheds and scullery, reveal the unseen and frequently unsung work of the gardeners and garden volunteers.

They include the tending of plants; their protection from insects, disease and weather; the nurturing of seedlings and tender plants inside the glasshouses; the harvesting, drying and storing of crops, and the collection of flowers from the garden, to be arranged and placed in the home. 

Paul Evans Tyntesfields Head Gardener said: “It was fascinating and quite revealing having Amanda take these photographs of our work here at Tyntesfield. 

“It’s always difficult to provide an explanation for just how much effort goes into the gardens here but these images capture the year-round work of our dedicated team of staff and volunteers.”

Tyntesfield gardens, café, restaurant and shop are open at weekends right now. The exhibition is free with normal garden admission, but for more details visit www.nationaltrust.org.uk