The Newt in Somerset
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A country estate celebrating all things Somerset - with hotel, spa, gardens, restaurants, farm shops, orchards, cyder press & cellar 🍎
Bruton, England
Joined November 2018
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Creating a buzz 🐝 A first look at our Beezantium popping up at
@The_RHS
in just a few weeks’ time.
Step into the mysterious life of the bee at our scaled-up beehive, surrounded by an apiary garden of nectar-rich planting 🌱
#thenewtinsomerset
#RHSChelseaFlowerShow
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An honour for the Newt teams to meet TM King Charles and Queen Camilla yesterday afternoon at
@The_RHS
Chelsea Flower Show; what a highlight and it’s only day two! 🐝
#thenewtinsomerset
#rhschelseaflowershow
#growslowly
#beezantium
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The Roman Villa Experience | Opens Monday 6 June, every day for members and hotel guests🏺
Time travel this summer and do as the Romans once did in Somerset, with our new archaeological and educational experience.
Pre-bookings are essential, book here:
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A proud finale to
@The_RHS
Chelsea Flower Show getting to host the Chelsea pensioners, and have the honour of our Director of Hospitality, Andrew Foulkes ringing the bell to end the show! 🔔
#RHSChelseaFlowerShow
#ChelseaFlowerShow
#thenewtinsomerset
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Now Hiring: HEAD GARDENER 🌳
We’re looking for a Head Gardener with the experience to manage a diverse landscape with ornamentals, edibles and woodland; the enthusiasm to lead a team of 30; and the energy to be a public-facing ambassador. Apply here:
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The tables are laid. The pillows are fluffed. The cyders are perfectly chilled. Our doors are now open, and we cannot wait to welcome you inside 🥂
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So incredibly honoured to be named Newcomer of the Year in The Sunday Times 100 Top British Hotels 🌱
@ST_Travel
A tasteful farmstead-style retreat with stylish decor, a sleek spa and extravagant amounts of space: our Newcomer of the Year goes to
@thenewtsomerset
. It's also the southwest regional winner
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‘From the egg to the apple’ - from start to finish. Our gardens are now open, celebrating all things Somerset. We hope to see you soon 🌱
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Meander through the canopy on our new treetop walkway, The Viper. Set high above the forest floor, you can spot roaming deer below and rolling views beyond 🦌
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We’re incredibly excited to share that our gardens will be featuring on tonight’s Gardener’s World
@GWandShows
📺
Tune in to BBC2 at 8pm to hear from Patrice Taravella, the Italo-French architect who designed our garden and
@babylonstoren
. That’s our Friday night plan sorted.
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Our gardens, woodland & Farm Shop will remain open throughout November-with takeaway treats being served 🍁
You can still shop online to enjoy our estate at home - we deliver pantry essentials, anywhere in the UK, plus fresh groceries if you live in our fresh delivery area.
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Now delivering fresh food to all BA postcodes 🥦 We’ve extended our Mobile Newt service to the entire BA area, plus other select postcodes. Fresh boxes of produce from our estate, local growers & artisans. FREE delivery 7 days a week. Order by 3pm for next day 🚛
#mobilenewt
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We're thrilled to have been named 'Best New Luxury Hotel in the World' in The
@Telegraph
ULTRAs 2019 awards 🌍
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Following yesterday’s government announcement, we are open for essential shopping & exercise in the Gardens - but only for those living within the towns & villages that form the community of our immediate area. Please do not travel to visit us - stay safe & support the NHS 🌿
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Following an update in government guidance, our gardens are now open to all visitors! You will need a ticket or valid membership for entry - please visit our website for full details. We have taken all precautions to ensure your visit is safe & enjoyable 🌱
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We remain open so that our acres of gardens & parkland can offer a space for respite, with fresh air & fresh produce. We’re taking careful measures to protect the health & wellbeing of our staff, visitors & guests during this time - head to our Facebook or Instagram for details.
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We are delighted to share that we have been awarded Best Standard Cider Apple Orchard at the Royal
@BathandWest
, which recognises the best of British agriculture🥇Here’s our Cellar Master Greg Carnell with one of the judges, John Thatcher of
@thatchers_cider
🍎
#worldciderday
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We couldn’t let
#appleday
go by without raising a glass (cyder, of course) to Somerset’s finest & most humble bounty 🍎 Thanks to everyone who celebrated Apple Day with us yesterday - we’re already plotting for next year. In the meantime, our normal apple antics will resume...
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After a brief Christmas Day rest, our gardens are back open - and to say ‘thank you’ for your overwhelming support in our opening year, we’re offering complimentary admission for the rest of 2019 🍃 Last entry is 3.30pm.
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HARVEST 🌾 27-29 Sept. Our Threshing Barn is all dressed up for this weekend’s Harvest Celebration - where we gather, share & feast during our most abundant time of year. Book onto our daily Sharing Lunches or Saturday night Harvest Supper, with live music & edible displays.
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Our hotel & restaurants are temporarily closed. However, our acres of farmland & gardens are still producing, so we plan to keep the local community fed with fresh nutritious foods. We are sowing, growing, planting. Our Farm Shop is open, with strict limits on visitor numbers🍎
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We’re so pleased to congratulate Front of House Manager Chris Bancroft for being named one of
@AcornAwards
2021 ‘30 Under 30’. Chris joined ahead of our opening in 2019 & has been instrumental in developing operations & guest experience 👏
@Caterertweets
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Wishing you all a happy new year from this happy scene - and a heartfelt thank you for your support in 2022, whether you’ve visited, stayed, shopped or watched from afar. Come see us next year if you haven’t already ✨
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When your morning stroll involves a close encounter of the antlered kind 🦌
#thenewtinsomerset
#somerset
#wildlife
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Did you catch us today on
@bbc
's
#RemarkablePlacestoEat
with
@michelrouxjr
and
@fredsirieix1
?
Apologies to anyone trying to book through the website, we're experiencing a few technical hitches due to the volume of traffic!
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We felt the knead to share it’s
#RealBreadWeek
- not to prove anything dough, but to show our loaf for this celebration of bread & the people who make it. Like baker Kimberley, who didn’t know her picture would be used with such terrible puns. Sorry Kimberley, you deserve butter.
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What a buzz 🍯 Such a treat for us to show
@TheMontyDon
our Beezantium at
@The_RHS
Chelsea Flower Show and meet Head Beekeeper, Paula 🐝
We’re spreading the word about the natural beekeeping methods we use back in Somerset to inspire fellow beekeepers 🌱
#chelseaflowershow2023
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Blue skies and purple chives in the walled Parabola this morning☀️
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We were honoured to be asked to be a part of today’s ceremony of remembrance in Castle Cary.
Andy, our Farm Manager and Izzy, his beautiful Shire Horse took the lead to represent the horses lost in the war.
Thank you for this opportunity.
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Diving into
@gardendayuk
🌷
We’re LIVE now Elevenses at The Newt - click the Zoom link to join:
Join the celebration and enjoy your garden with us 🌱
#gardendayuk
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Soft sunrise energy to kick off a brand new week 💫
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Working with the land 🚜 We’ll be excitedly looking out for a glimpse of our farming activity on
@BBCCountryfile
this Sunday 4 September on
@BBCOne
at 7pm. Tune in 📺
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We’re all lined up for a fresh week 🐄 The shelves are stocked with fresh cheeses & meats. The gardens are bursting with new colour. The kitchens are filled with this morning’s delivery from the gardeners - courgettes, spinach, strawberries, edible flowers.
#MondayMorning
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The kind Beekeeper listens to bees and follows their lead 🐝
Join us today, as we celebrate the bees on
#worldbeeday
and be a part of their buzz 🌷
#thenewtinsomerset
#savethebees
#beeseyeview
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Getting our ducks in a row - though they seem to quite enjoy having the run of the place.
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📣We’re delighted to have been named
#8
in the top UK hotels in the 2022
@cntraveller
Readers’ Choice Awards!
Thank you to everyone who voted. Your support has meant so much since our opening in 2019.
#RCA2022
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“The perfect distillation of all the best things about the West Country” - thank you so much
@britishvogue
for placing us No.1 in your Best Hotels in the UK for Interiors Lovers 💫 ...and for those interiors lovers wondering, this bath with a view is in Room 2 🛁
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Our Cyder Press Bar serves light bites and pastries, fresh from our very own bakery. Washed down with a glass of cyder, made with 100% apple juice 🍎
#thenewtinsomerset
#somerset
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We're thrilled to announce that we came first in last night's
#50boutiquehotel
#Awards
🏆
A big thank you to
@50boutiquehotel
#Awards
for hosting a fantastic event and congratulations to all of our friends and peers - we were certainly in good company!
#hospitality
Congratulations to The Newt in Somerset which has been named the UK's best boutique hotel
@thenewtsomerset
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…and just like that our Cyder stand at
@the_rhs
Chelsea Flower Show is filled wall to wall with British bramley apples 🍏 our teams can’t wait to welcome you!
#RHSChelsea
#chelseaflowershow2023
#growslowly
#thenewtinsomerset
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🌟 We’re delighted to end the year being named on the
@cntraveller
Gold List 2023 - the editors’ favourite hotels in the world 🌟
Read the lovely review in full:
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Andrei here is making finishing touches to the cocktail list for our first New Year’s Eve House Party. Please call or email to book our last few spaces. If your house is within 10 miles of ours, we’ll also include your ride home - who says you can’t party in the countryside? 💥🍾
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Our gates are reopen for the rest of the afternoon - the sun is shining, the cyder is mulling and the music is playing ☀️
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Our magical rose-tinted morning view over the misty Somerset landscape towards Alfred’s Tower 💫
As nature awakens, now’s the time to get out and about and take in those joyful moments across the estate 🌱
#thenewtinsomerset
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Congratulations to Daisy Baggs from our Ornamental Gardening team who has won the South-West Regional Final for the Young Horticulturist of the Year!
@CIHort
👏
We wish you the best of luck for the Final on 6 May 🍀
#thenewtinsomerset
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Early each morning, our Master Baker and her team create crusty loaves, cakes and sourdoughs in the Bakery to fill our kitchens and Farm Shop 🌾
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We’re celebrating
#SomersetDay
by thanking the wonderful community of people & businesses that support us & the teams that keep our farms, gardens & orchards producing. Join the celebration at
@somersetday365
& watch their evening concert live on Facebook at 7.30pm.
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Celebrating Christmas with our team hamper exchange. Receiving a hamper full of goodies from our South African colleagues
@babylonstoren
(and vice versa), it's a moment to appreciate the achievements from the year and the people that have made them possible, both here and in SA!
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Thank you
@jollyolly
for including our single variety cyders in your roundup. Our cyders are made with no added sugar or water - just 100% Somerset apple juice 🍎
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It was wonderful to see our team featured in
#TheTelegraph
this weekend in their roundup of '20 UK Getaways for a Fabulous Christmas Break'. Well done all and thank you for taking part in the Christmas campaign!🐰🦊🐭
#thenewtinsomerset
#Christmas2021
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Our fresh new foliage display in the Threshing Barn, ready to welcome you for a brand new month 🌿
Visit in April to see blossoms burst, lambs gambol and the estate bathed in the pretty pastel hues of Easter 🐇
#thenewtinsomerset
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Fire Night LIVE
Join our celebration of fire, warmth and light from the comfort of home, tonight, 7.30pm 🔥
Tune in on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
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Want to escape the city for the gardens? ‘The Great Garden Escape’ to The Newt in Somerset runs from London Paddington every weekend this summer 🚂 Travel in First Class comfort & enjoy exclusive tours, talks & tastings at our country estate. Book now >
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Visiting our gardens this weekend? Save time by pre-ordering your picnic before you arrive, so it’s ready to collect right when you’re feeling peckish 🍓 Order here:
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There’s truly a buzz in the air during build week at the RHS - Chelsea Flower Show 🐝 ✨
Follow along as we share more as we take you on our Chelsea journey.
#thenewtinsomerset
#RHSChelsea
#ChelseaFlowerShow
#growslowly
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It was wonderful to see some familiar faces and hear from
@The_RHS
team at today’s press conference on
#RHSChelsea
2023. We’re excited to be sponsoring the show for a second year, and can’t wait to see the creativity that unfolds around the focus on restorative gardens 🌿
We are excited to announce twelve Show Gardens that will be presented at
#RHSChelsea
in 2023.
Inclusive green spaces for communities to connect with nature, and gardens for patient recovery in hospital, make up some of the designs unveiled today.
@thenewtsomerset
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If you’re exploring the gardens, please be aware we are still closely monitoring visitor numbers so may need to delay entry at peak times on busy days. Check here for updates on the day of your visit. This doesn’t apply if you have a lunch reservation or pre-ordered picnic 🧺
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Just one more week until outdoor dining is back on the table, and we can welcome you back to the Garden Café terrace 🥬
🍴From 12 April, you can join us for breakfast or lunch with a view, 7 days a week. Booking is advised and now open:
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Our hotel & gardens remain open tomorrow, Monday 19 September. Recognising the existing bookings of our guests & members, & providing a place of sanctuary, as gardens often can. We will be observing the 2-minute silence at 11.55am at the Courtyard for the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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We're hiring for a Head of IT. Dynamic and detail driven, you will manage a growing team and lead innovative tech operations across our estate, including
#VR
#AI
and
#AugmentedReality
. Apply at:
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Our menus are led by what we grow - ever changing and evolving, just like the gardens that feed them 🥬
#thenewtinsomerset
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One of our highlights from
@The_RHS
Chelsea Flower Show was hosting the Young Horticulturists’ Breakfast, which takes place every year to inspire young professionals about the many routes (or should that be roots?) to a career in horticulture.
#thenewtinsomerset
#rhschelsea
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We absolutely loved this episode of
@BBCFoodProg
with
@DanSaladinoUK
all about wonderful
#wasaail
in
#Somerset
.🍎🍎It's really worth a listen:
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We’re not letting the weather dampen our Apple Day spirits. The gardens are open as usual with appley antics all weekend - including Farmer Jim driving the tractor on orchard tours; apple variety displays; hand pressing (bring your apples!); apple menus & mulled cyder aplenty 🍎
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“There’s a certain giddiness that comes from being so heavily enveloped in nature - and it’s impossible not to lean into it.”
Thank you
@cntraveller
for the timely words about our spa, just as our guests were giddy in today’s flurry of snow ❄️
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Wassail! Wassail! 🍎
The marquees are up, cannons wheeled out and the dress rehearsal is in full swing, ready for a Somerset spectacle filled with explosive sound and vision tonight 💥
We’ll be going LIVE on our Instagram just after 7pm so don’t forget to tune in 🍎
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Final call to sign the petition calling for a Minister for Hospitality before it gets debated in parliament at 4pm today 🖊
@seatat_thetable
#seatatthetable
🤞
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Local community update: We are carrying out essential restoration works on the old factory near Castle Cary train station. The original chimney structure has started to become unsound, so we need to dismantle the top and carefully restore it in order to extend its life.
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With welcome news of travel reopening, get on our ‘green list’ and book a place on the Great Garden Escape to see us in Somerset. Greenery guaranteed 🌿
Click here to book your ticket to escape 🚂
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This FRIDAY 3 MARCH we'll be celebrating our annual Wassail as a private event for our staff, guests and neighbours.
If you live locally, please be aware there will be fireworks around 7.15-7.45pm, and cannon fire courtesy of The English Civil War Society, based in Bruton 💥
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We are truly saddened to learn of the passing of Her Majesty The Queen. Her passion for horticulture & the great outdoors proved inspirational for many & our team will forever remember having the opportunity to welcome Her to the
@the_rhs
Chelsea Flower Show earlier this year.
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If you’re visiting our gardens this weekend, be aware that some areas - including our woodland & Winter Garden - will be closed due to high winds. Head to our Garden Café to batten down the hatches with hot coffees, roaring fires & what looks set to be some dramatic views ☕️
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📣 Due to extreme weather, we had to close a few of our exhibits tomorrow: The Story of Gardening, The Roman Villa & The Grotto.
Our main courtyard, shops, the cyder bar, the Winter Garden & the Garden café will remain open!
Thank you for your understanding.
Team Newt 🌳
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Today’s Spitfire Mark V flypast over the grounds and a few glasses of The Winston Cyder for our guests, seemed a fitting tribute to Her Majesty The Queen 💐
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📣 IMPORTANT NOTICE: Our gardens are closed this morning due to Storm Eunice. We may reopen this afternoon if we feel it’s safe to do so - please keep an eye here for further updates.
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“Feeding people is the greatest gift of all." Kimberley Schmassman, Head of Bakery, is the fulcrum of a fast-paced, highly demanding bakery. Up with the larks, Kimberley and her team work tirelessly to create artisanal breads, pastries and cakes for the entire estate.
#IWD2022
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We’re in for a windy weekend in Somerset! The gardens will be closed this Saturday and Sunday due to extreme weather warnings, but we hope to be open again on Monday - allbeit a little flustered.
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Which is taller, the tromboncinoes or our (actually rather tall) friend Jake from
@NiwakiHQ
?🤔
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A Somerset Christmas means sharing and savouring life’s simplest pleasures: fine foods and woodland walks, washed down with plenty of cyder ✨
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We're immensely proud to be sponsoring
#RHSChelsea
2022. Tickets are now on sale 💐
Tickets for
#RHSChelsea
, sponsored by
@thenewtsomerset
, are on sale now 💐
Join us for the world's greatest flower show from 24-28 May 2022. Book tickets:
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WIN one of two pairs of tickets to
@The_RHS
Chelsea Flower Show 2023 in our Instagram Giveaway! 🌿
Follow the steps on our latest post to enter:
Good luck! 🪴
#thenewtinsomerset
#RHSChelseaFlowerShow
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The gentler, lower light sees autumn’s vivid reds and oranges shine brightly in the gardens and woodland 🍂
📷
@davewattsphoto
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A flipping tasty treat for members - come see us at the Cyder Bar on Pancake Day 🥞
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Apple Day Weekend continues today! 🍎 We’ve had lots of lovely folk through the gates already, so are temporarily delaying entry to maintain safe numbers. Will keep you posted here if you’re heading our way...
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Once upon its Georgian prime, the residents of Hadspen would pack up their bounty & best dresses & head to the city for the festive season. And so, when all was calm & all was bright, the woodland animals would delight in feasts & festivities of their own ���
#asomersetchristmas
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We're expecting lots of visitors to the gardens this weekend. Our team are well prepared & will be working hard to avoid queues. To manage numbers & ensure the best experience we may need to delay entry at the Gatehouse.
Keep an eye here for updates on delays during peak times.
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We are delighted to be in such good company in
@nytimes
@tmagazine
showcasing Somerset as a destination, including many of our friends and featuring our hotel as the place to stay.
Thank you Kate Maxwell for the kind words🌳
Read on here:
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Our event slogan for
@The_RHS
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 | The best things in life take time. Gardening is about nurturing nature & working with the seasons; many of the gardens at Chelsea this year highlighted the importance of our natural environments & habitats 🍃
#rhschelsea
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"Never stop learning". Ellie Dunn, Head Grower
This is the mantra Ellie brings to her role as grower at The Newt. Believing the most important thing to gardening is soil health, she is a passionate follower of the no-dig approach, promoting health and abundance in the gardens.
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