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Darren Venables
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Estate Manager - Chewton Glen
Gardener 👨‍🌾
Cyclist 🚴‍♂️
Golden Retriever owner 🦮
It’s a gorgeous sunny Saturday morning 🌞 in the Kitchen Garden, The vibrant colours of the lavender and sweet peas are really popping in the early morning sunshine 🌞
#sunshine #summer
June 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
What can you buy for £2 these days? 🤔 Chocolate, Coffee, Ice cream- my top picks for a quick happiness fix ! 🍫☕️🍦 Or a packet of poppy seeds that bloom into beautiful flowers year after year? 🌸🌸🌸
June 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Miss M and I checking on the Ducklings this morning
April 27, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Back to work with the pooch today, and there are definite clues that spring is on the way in our kitchen garden. 🌻☀️
#Daffodils #goldenRetriever #spring #outdoors #chewtonglen #kitchengarden #garden #gardener
February 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our Valentine's displays at Chewton Glen.
Created with a spark of imagination, a great deal of love, an eye for detail and a chainsaw for good measure
#Valentine's #garden #chewtonglen #nature #sustainability #outdoors #love
February 15, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Hearts & Flowers created for our Valentines ❤️❤️ displays using freshly cut flowers & Foliage from the Estate ❤️❤️
#art #valentines
February 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Today has mostly been a tree planting kind of a day #nature #environmemt #tree #CSR
January 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A big news day, but the biggest news is the pots are back with a bash of Red & Silver #flowers #garden #nature
January 20, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Red, Gold and Green, all the best colours on my morning estate checks with the pooch
#sunrise #goldenretriever #puppy #dog #gardenersworld #cute #garden
January 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I am looking for some help please, can anyone recommend any contractors who might be able to help create a series of steps like the ones in the picture.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Best Wishes Darren
January 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Take your favourite Chainsaw & carve a scary face.
Add a pile of old Christmas Trees 🎄 and find a suitable place.
Remove the lower branches and place them on the ground.
Weave them through a woodland of trees and a serpent will then be found 🐍
#recycle #nature #christmastree
January 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
When all you can hear is silence.
Out in the forest this morning with Miss M before the Boxing Day carnage begins. #goldenretriever #dog #forest #christmas
December 27, 2024 at 9:25 AM
We love Christmas Trees 🎄 so much at Chewton Glen we give all our Christmas Guests a Christmas Tree 🎄 of their own 🎄 to take away and plant in their own garden 🎄 #christmas
December 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Not just a plant for Christmas, Planting up Holly saplings on the nursery today, they will grow in our nursery for at least a year and then be planted on the Estate in Christmases to come
#christmas #tree #outdoors #environment #holly #garden #trees #naturephotography #woodland #winter
December 5, 2024 at 8:15 PM
You’d like it big enough to reach the ceiling you say, consider it done I say !!!
#christmas #christmastree #christmaslights #holiday #christmasdecorations #reels #chewtonglen
November 26, 2024 at 7:18 PM
November 21, 2024 at 7:43 PM
An empty beach 🏖️ for this mornings walk with Little Miss M 🦮
#sunday #puppy #dog #beach #goldenretriever
November 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Fingers crossed 🤞 for 🌞 in 2025 !!!
jonis.no Jonis @jonis.no · Nov 17
Excactly the same here in Norway. Summer has been grim!
November 17, 2024 at 1:12 PM
A sad but necessary day, cutting down the Dahlias at home ready for overwintering.
I maybe wouldn’t mind so much if summer had actually arrived in the UK 🇬🇧 🤬 instead of the grey drizzle fest excuse for a summer we actually had ☔️
#flower #flowers #dahlia #garden #autumn #gardener #photooftheday 🌺🌸🌷🌻
November 16, 2024 at 7:08 PM