Chatsworth garden reopens with stunning new displays

The Derbyshire estate’s garden will be open from 10.30am to 6pm every day for pre-booked visits only.

The house and farmyard will remain closed until further notice but some food-to-go outlets and shops may reopen from mid-June onwards.

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During lockdown, a reduced, core garden team of ten has been hard at work on a two month-long planting programme but has received helping hands from the Devonshire family.

Head of gardens and landscape, Steve Porter, said: “The Duke has been in every day cutting tulips to give to staff, and he and the Duchess have helped with planting and watering.”

Thousands of new plants, including huge drifts of Camissa and Candelabra Primula, have filled four recently created open glades between the Cascade and the Grotto Pond to the south, part of the 15 acre former wilderness now known as Arcadia.