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Hellebore Festival at Linden Hill Nursery
Thursday, 19 March 2026
image courtesy Linden Hill Gardens, all rights reserved
It has been what, maybe 10 years since there was a hellebore festival at Linden Hill Gardens.
And now, with this notice that popped up - not only a day for wholesale (that's today) but also
one for the general public on Saturday, 21 March. What better event for the first day of Spring!
As you can see, Linden Hill Gardens is geared toward the professionals in the garden.
There is a sign by the road inviting all and sundry on 21 March, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
And just to whet your appetite (I mean interest, hellebores are not edible) there are two planters
crammed full of pots with a diversity of hellebore cultivars. Come on in, there's some much to see.
There are herbaceous borders but this early in the season just a few bulbs are in bloom.
There are fascinating and clever ideas to see. For example, under the benches in the greenhouse (we'll get there)
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there are crates and crates of terra cotta flower pots in a diversity of sizes. What can you do when these crack?
Maybe break them even more, then use the pieces as a substrate for paving a path. Clever!
There is a magnificent very large stone barn which is used as an event space. Notice how well
it is updated with windows and doors. And the stonework carefully matched to original.
Enough wandering. The greenhouse awaits, its benches crammed with hellebores and other plants.
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A screen of old wooden doors, a panoply of perennials, some coaxed into early bloom.
More plants behind, including phormiums, with the common name of New Zealand flax.
But it is the bench crammed full with a diversity of hellebores. What's not to love about them?
They grow in the shade, are evergreen, deer resistant, are a long lasting cut flower. Je t'adore.
Golden pollen on the stamens contrasts to burgundy petals. But wait, there's more. Singles. Doubles.
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Semi double white with burgundy freckles. Pale golden greenish with a rose red picotee edging.
To choose . . . How to choose. Perhaps choose one of each . . .
I walk out through the sales office with its two well worn
overstuffed upholstered chairs, and a pot of white hellebores.
If you can, if time and your location allow,
do make a visit on Saturday, the first day of Spring
to the Linden Hill Nursery's hellebore festival.
If you have any comments or questions, you can e-mail me: jgglatt@gmail.com
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