Things to do on the May Bank Holiday in Derbyshire
Ready, steady, May… If you will allow us to start with optimism, we are going to stick our neck out and say the sun will shine in May! Perhaps not all day every day, but looking at the long-range forecast for May, it is looking good. What we can say though with...
1st Chatsworth Flower show celebrates Joseph Paxton
Joseph Paxton 1801 – 1865 Joseph Paxton, architect and landscape gardener, was born in 1801. He started his career as a gardener’s boy and was spotted by the Duke of Devonshire whilst working at Chiswick. He began working at Chatsworth, Derbyshire, in...