It’s been a sad day here at The Alnwick Garden. Quietly tucked away under our giant deckchair and trying to find some shelter from the cold we found this little chap. Clearly forgotten by Father Christmas, he’s been seeking refuge in our garden since Christmas until eventually he found his way to our nice, warm office.
Having been fussed over and
pampered by the team, he’s feeling much better! But the North Pole is ever such
a long way away so he’s going to have to stay with someone until he can catch
the next sleigh ride back to the North Pole.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!
We are looking for a caring,
loving and adventurous family to rehome him for the year and show
#TheForgottenSnowman all the sights he’s never dreamt of! In return the lucky
foster family will win tickets to come along to The Alnwick Garden on Christmas
Eve this year and help us reunite him with Father Christmas!
Comment
below telling us why your family would be the best host family for
#TheForgottenSnowman and share this post with your friends.
One lucky family will be chosen
on Saturday 15th February to win so comment and share before then!!!
When anyone asks Trevor Jones, Head Gardener at The Alnwick
Garden in Northumberland, to describe his average working week it is one of the
few times that he is lost for words.
As Head Gardener he is no longer surprised at any of the
requests made by his boss – The Duchess of Northumberland. From growing cannabis in the world-famous
Poison Garden to modelling for The Alnwick Garden calendar, the “any other
duties” part of his job description has been flexed to the max on many
occasions.
But as he is about to hang up his gardening gloves and move
into retirement, he is keen to find a suitable replacement who will pick up
where he left off and push boundaries further than ever.
“In my 12 years working at The Alnwick Garden, I have donned
a white chemical suit to conduct tours of our Poison Garden, flown around the
world to deliver horticultural educational talks and hosted World Naked
Gardening day. It’s fair to say that my
job is somewhat multi-faceted.”
The Alnwick Garden is the brainchild of Jane Percy, The
Duchess of Northumberland and a multi-award-winning visitor attraction based in
Alnwick, Northumberland. The 12 acres of
meandering and magnificent gardens are home to the world’s largest Taihaku
Cherry Orchard, a Grand Cascade comprising 120 water jets, a Poison Garden
filled exclusively with around 100 intoxicating and narcotic plants, the
world’s largest Treehouse Restaurant and one of the largest rose gardens in the
world.
With Trevor’s departure in 2020 he is keen to find a
replacement who will be willing to not only undertake such a broad range of
tasks, but someone who will push boundaries even further and take The Alnwick
Garden to the next level.
“We are always looking to be different and push the envelope
– our Halloween event this year saw people being chased by clowns, masked
characters and our CEO carrying a chainsaw.
I have become so used to it all that it becomes “just another day at the
office”!
We have the largest collection of European plants in the UK,
so when our visitors stop to ask me to name a plant I have to mentally flick
through the rolodex to educate them!
My replacement has to be open minded and drive change – The
Alnwick Garden approach is that nothing is too quirky!”
So, the hunt is now on to try to find this special person –
someone with passions, knowledge, ideas and of course an open mind. Quirks
aside, we are looking for someone with a huge experience and thorough knowledge
of plants, because fundamentally the excellence of planting is what is at our
core.”
