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Well known for its exotic plants and displays the Great Pavilion is a great place to track down our natural natives. Christine Walkden found our very own English Elm which is making a come back after numbers were ravaged by Dutch Elm Disease. She also discovered that comfrey can be used as a healing poultice and learnt more about cross-breeding foxgloves. But it’s not just herbs and trees, we have native bulbs too and one of the most extraordinary is our Snake’s head fritillary, at home in a damp meadow it’s chequered pattern is a real treat for anyone with the right conditions in their garden.

Plants featured:
Ulmus procera – English Elm, Symphytum × uplandicum
'Moorland Heather' – Comfrey,
Valeriana officinalis – Valerian,
Chamaemelum ‘Treneague’ – Lawn chamomile,
Fritillaria meleagris – Snake’s head fritillary,
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Blue Barlow’,
Campanula latifolia – Giant bellflower