Benton End
@bentonend.bsky.social
Former home, garden and art school of Sir Cedric Morris and Arthur Lett-Haines. On a mission to become a place of learning, creativity and experimentation once more.
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Benton End
@bentonend.bsky.social
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In 2021, ownership of Benton End was transferred from the Pinchbeck Charitable Trust to The Garden Museum. Since then, a small team has worked to conserve the house and gardens. Now we begin a full renewal of Benton End - aiming to open the walled garden to visitors in 2026.
We are thrilled to announce that our application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for ‘Benton End Revived’ has been successful!
Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players.
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund
Get the full story on the @gardenmuseum website!
Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players.
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund
Get the full story on the @gardenmuseum website!
October 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
We are thrilled to announce that our application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund for ‘Benton End Revived’ has been successful!
Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players.
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund
Get the full story on the @gardenmuseum website!
Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Lottery players.
#NationalLottery #HeritageFund
Get the full story on the @gardenmuseum website!
We’ve been busy! The landscapers are about halfway through the initial works and we’ve discovered that we have a (likely) Victorian cistern 😃
September 28, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We’ve been busy! The landscapers are about halfway through the initial works and we’ve discovered that we have a (likely) Victorian cistern 😃
The renewal of the walled garden will begin in August! We’ll be landscaping, making accessible paths and repatriating Cedric’s plants. Find out more here: gardenmuseum.org.uk/benton-end-h...
Benton End: Help us restore the walled garden of Cedric Morris - Garden Museum
In the 1950s the artist and horticulturalist Cedric Morris created a ‘paradise of pollen and paint’ within the old walls of Benton End, a Tudor manor house in Hadleigh, Suffolk, which he and his partn...
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June 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The renewal of the walled garden will begin in August! We’ll be landscaping, making accessible paths and repatriating Cedric’s plants. Find out more here: gardenmuseum.org.uk/benton-end-h...
Our Rosa Cedric Morris, currently in flower with a spicy fragrance, is so big that it’s hard to capture in photographs. Dot provided for scale.
June 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Our Rosa Cedric Morris, currently in flower with a spicy fragrance, is so big that it’s hard to capture in photographs. Dot provided for scale.
Cedric Morris: Artist, Plantsman & Traveller opens today at the Granary Gallery in Berwick. The first major exhibition of works by Morris in the north of England, it features loans from many institutions. We can’t wait to see it! Until 12 October. www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/whats-on/ced...
Cedric Morris: Artist, Plantsman & Traveller – The Maltings
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June 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Cedric Morris: Artist, Plantsman & Traveller opens today at the Granary Gallery in Berwick. The first major exhibition of works by Morris in the north of England, it features loans from many institutions. We can’t wait to see it! Until 12 October. www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/whats-on/ced...
It’s British Flowers Week and we had a lovely time celebrating at our hybrid site The Garden Museum today. The smell was phenomenal. And the artworks glorious!
June 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s British Flowers Week and we had a lovely time celebrating at our hybrid site The Garden Museum today. The smell was phenomenal. And the artworks glorious!
In 2021, ownership of Benton End was transferred from the Pinchbeck Charitable Trust to The Garden Museum. Since then, a small team has worked to conserve the house and gardens. Now we begin a full renewal of Benton End - aiming to open the walled garden to visitors in 2026.
June 1, 2025 at 8:06 AM
In 2021, ownership of Benton End was transferred from the Pinchbeck Charitable Trust to The Garden Museum. Since then, a small team has worked to conserve the house and gardens. Now we begin a full renewal of Benton End - aiming to open the walled garden to visitors in 2026.
Dot is one of our newest volunteers at Benton End. She has a unique skill set and enjoys spending time in the gardens just as much as the rest of the team.
May 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Dot is one of our newest volunteers at Benton End. She has a unique skill set and enjoys spending time in the gardens just as much as the rest of the team.