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Head and shoulders of Elizabeth 1 in black dress, white ruff and pearls with ornate broach
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Hidden Lives: researching the history of women at the Charterhouse

Stepping onto the grounds of the Charterhouse, it quickly becomes evident that women have been present on the site throughout...

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Gardening notes in lockdown: Brother Rakesh
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21st May 2020

Gardening notes in lockdown: Brother Rakesh

While the Charterhouse is closed to the public, some of the Brothers are kindly taking on some of the day-to-day gardening jobs on our seven-acre site, as none of the gardening team are currently there. ...

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Gardening notes in lockdown: Brother Gillie
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21st May 2020

Gardening notes in lockdown: Brother Gillie

While the Charterhouse is closed to the public, some of the Brothers are kindly taking on some of the day-to-day gardening jobs on our seven-acre site, as none of the gardening team are currently there. ...

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Winter in the Charterhouse gardens
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8th January 2020

Winter in the Charterhouse gardens

Charterhouse Head Gardener Kate Robinson reflects on priorities and pleasures in the winter months… People often ask me what there is to do as a gardener in winter and assume it is a quiet month...

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Autumn colour and calm in the gardens
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30th September 2019

Autumn colour and calm in the gardens

Kate Robinson, Head Gardener at the Charterhouse, takes a mellow look at what’s happening in the gardens this autumn. As the days get shorter, the sun gets lower and the gardens start to wind down...

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Summer in the Charterhouse Gardens
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29th August 2019

Summer in the Charterhouse Gardens

When our Head Gardener Kate Robinson came for her interview last July she had a glimpse of what summer in the Charterhouse gardens might be like.  Here’s her latest update about how wonderful it’s...

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Spring in the Charterhouse gardens
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15th April 2019

Spring in the Charterhouse gardens

Posted by Kate Robinson, Head Gardener As I only started as head gardener here at the end of last summer this was my first March in the Charterhouse gardens. I am happily surprised every day as the crocuses,...

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Holly and the Hives
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6th December 2018

Tucking up our bees for the winter

Here at the Charterhouse we’re the proud custodians of three hives which now live up on the Queen’s Walk and which are cared for by our beekeeping partner Dale Gibson of Bermondsey Street Bees. Our...

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Thank all of you
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7th June 2016

Thank all of you

We would like to thank all of you for supporting the opening. We are delighted to report that we raised over a thousand pounds for the National Gardens Scheme. The public were able to visit the enclosed...

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