Saturday saw us return with our Big Bulb Plant and we planted over 7000 bulbs around the estate. 4000 bluebell bulbs were planted around the concrete steps beside the South Walk, with the remainder of daffodils planted between the boulders along Shirehampton Road, and natives along the wood-line above.Hopefully next spring will bring the rewards for our efforts.
Thanks to Bob Pitchford for providing us with photos of the event. 
We’ve had many people coming up to us recalling old horse-drawn carriages stored at Kings Weston shortly after the Second World War. It’s been a bit of a puzzle as to what they were, and what happened to them, but this week the story came into sharp focus. A new on-line interface for the collections of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Provided the answer.
While searching for Kings Weston related items an entry appeared for one of a collection of carriages in the City’s ownership. This was an early Nineteenth Century carriage used by the Duke of Beaufort of Badminton. During the war it had been on display in the rear atrium of the museum when, in 1941, a bomb detonated on the roof, completely destroying a biplane hung from the ceiling, and badly damaging the carriages. They were speedily removed to Kings Weston estate buildings for safe storage for the remainder of the war, where they must have stayed into the early 1950s when people recall seeing them. They reputedly received more damage from damp through the leaky roofs of the stables than they did in the initial blast!
After the success of last two years Big Bulb Plant we are running it again this year, but with THOUSANDS MORE BULBS! The Big Bulb plant is a free, family-friendly event where you can get involved in one of our easier going working party events. The event is completely free with all the native wild flower bulbs provided!
This year we have a great mix of natives all ready to be slipped in the ground in areas around the Echo and down the South Walk. The event will run on Saturday 10th October, between 10:30am and 3:30pm and we’d love to see you there. Please bring a spade if you have one, but gloves and some tools will be provided.
