Community Volunteer Day Sun 17th March 2024
The next Community Voluteer Day will be held on Sunday 17th March 2024 at 11am. All welcome. Meet in the gardens. Bring gloves.
2000 Wildflower plugs planted
On Wed 28th February members of the Friends of William Champions Garden, Avon Wildlife Trust and South Gloucestershire Council planted over 2000 native wildflower plug plants on the Snail Mound and in the meadow adjacent to the heritage orchard.
Warmley Nature Action Zone
From January 2024, Avon Wildlife Trust is launching a new project in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, in partnership with South Gloucestershire Council, to support local people to make a difference for wildlife – the Warmley Nature Action Zone. The nature action zone is an area where streets and neighbours come together to make their own Community Nature …
A Description of the Garden from Secret Bristol
This was originally posted on the Secret Bristol website… During the 18th century, it was very fashionable to have your own grotto in your garden – which is believed to have represented the descent into the underworld. Few are as mesmerising as the one found in William Champion’s Gardens in Warmley, however, thought to be the most extensive man-made …
Open Weekend 28th & 29th May 2023
From the Kingswood Hertiage Museum… The remarkable surviving Grade II 18th century garden of brass-worker William Champion with its astonishing hidden grotto will be open the weekend of 28th – 29th of May 2023 from 11:00 to 16:30 each day. The concealed 18th century grotto, a unique remnant of Champion’s pleasure grounds, is open for …
Award from the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) Community Pollinator Grant Fund
The Friends Group have been awarded a Community Pollinator Grant Fund Award in 2023 from the West of England Combined Authority. The Friends Group was established in 2020 and has raised funding from Siston Parish Council, Oldland Common Parish Council, and from open day fees and talks, running 4 days in 2022. Many local people …
About the Garden from the Avon Gardens Trust
This was originally posted on the Avon Garden’s Trust website… The Garden in Warmley, South Gloucestershire, was originally created by the 18th century industrialist William Champion. It is designated Grade II on the UK Parks & Gardens Register and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, together with Champion’s brass mill, which houses Kingswood Heritage Museum, and …