The Shaftesbury heritage snowdrop collection has moved to Springhead. The trust is ‘delighted’ and aims to ‘carry on the valuable work of Pam Cruikshank and her colleagues in preserving and propagating rare varieties of this much-loved flower’.

The garden at Springhead will be open to the public between 10am and 3pm every weekday (free of charge) throughout February for visitors to enjoy the swathes of snowdrops. It will also be open on the weekend of the 13th and 14th to coincide with the Shaftesbury Snowdrop Festival.

The trust welcomed just one school to visit this year, due to covid restrictions.
Years 3 and 4 from St Andrew’s Primary School in Fontmell visited the gardens before half term.

A spokesman for the Trust said: “It was the only time that Springhead has experienced the sound of happy children this year. In a normal year, around 800 children benefit from the space and beauty of Springhead.”

“In this instance the children enjoyed drinking the water directly from the springs as well as practising their photographic skills on iPads, using pumpkins from Springhead’s kitchen gardens to demonstrate gravity and as props for their autumn and Halloween themed pictures.”

The trust has survived this year thanks to grants and donations. Go to springheadtrust.org.uk.

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