Batty About Bats

**In addition to the beautiful landscape and varied plant life, Hestercombe is also a little patch of paradise for native wildlife.**: Exploring the gardens it’s not unusual to catch a glimpse of a roe deer bound away at your approach. You may also hear the rustle of leaves as common lizards busily go about their daily business of bug hunting. Hestercombe...

**No Mow May ~ can you resist your mower for one month to help insect life in the UK?! Head Gardener Claire Greenslade sets you a challenge...**: **No Mow May** is an initiative set up by Plant Life, a charity that aims to promote the conservation of plants and habitat, and to increase awareness of the value of plants. They're asking for gardeners across...

We have an excellent opportunity available for a Consultant or Senior Ecologist to work from home anywhere within the South West. **About the job**: You will be working for a thriving Ecological and Arboricultural consultancy, established for almost 20 years and recently reaching a headcount of around almost 100 employees around the UK. The company has...

The Hestercombe archives are bursting at the seams with facts, pictures and accounts of the history of Hestercombe and those who lived and worked here. In this installment of Memories of Hestercombe we hear about the Grand Ball which took place in January 1897 - and the star studded Taunton guest list in attendance. _Written by Kim Legate, Archivist_ - On...