Blackland House: tulipmania, the history and heritage

Our virtual garden visits have been bejewelled with tulips this spring. Gardens from Yorkshire to the south coast have enjoyed the riot and drama of the bulbs that were once worth more than gold. One Garden Owner, Polly Nicholson, runs Bayntun Flowers an artisan flower grower and florists, located at Blackland, a small village hidden at the foot of the Marlborough Downs in West Wiltshire.  As well as growing unusual flowers and foliage in a series of Georgian walled gardens she specialises in historic tulips keeping alive the blooms that started the craze for these fabulous flowers over 400 years ago. Find out more: https://ngs.org.uk/tulipmania-the-his... __________________ The National Garden Scheme gives visitors unique access to over 3,000 exceptional private gardens in England and Wales, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities. During the lockdown of 2020 our ever resourceful garden owners created films of their gardens so we could keep the garden gates open online. Find out more: https://www.ngs.org.uk Follow us on Facebook:   / nationalgardenscheme   Follow us on Instagram:   / nationalgardenscheme   Follow us on Twitter:   / ngsopengardens   Sign up to our newsletter: https://ngs.org.uk/sign-up/