Our blog post cover everything that happens at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from the stories discovered about objects and furnishings, to family connections and past residents. You can read about the garden and the plants we grow as well as the volunteering experience we offer to our brilliant team. The majority of the posts are written by volunteers.
Lily-also known as Elizabeth Gaskell
The full flush of roses appears to have quietened down, though the roses on the pergola are still looking good. Their colour is starting to be set off by the single purple flowers of the clematis. Elsewhere there are small groupings of
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Summer at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Once upon a time… Elizabeth Gaskell’s House invited families to a summer of full of events and activities inspired by children’s literature. Every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday from 11am-4.30pm you can enjoy craft activities, dress up as a Victorian and follow our
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Busy Bees and the Great Exhibition
The roses on the pergola have started to flower and I think they are worth three photos all to themselves. On the other side of the lawn the open flowers of a dog rose provided a nectar paradise for bees. Elsewhere flowers
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Household Commotion – A New Exhibition at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
A new servants exhibition at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House opens this month, featuring a previously unseen letter discovered during the restoration work. Household Commotion’: Elizabeth Gaskell and the ‘awful treasure’ of her servants, 1832-1865, is a brand-new exhibition at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, created
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Meeting Sir Joseph Paxton
The roses are looking good at present and there is one in particular I'd like to tell you about. But first some photos Louise Odier (Bourbon rose, 1851). Souvenir du Dr Jarmain (1865). Single paeony. Scotch briar and osmunda regalis-Royal fern. A
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