Monkton Elm News, Events and Tips Blog

I have recently joined the Monkton Elm restaurant team as the Catering Operations Manager. I am going to be ensuring the smooth transition from our existing restaurant to our fabulous new one, which is due to open in April.

Houseplants not only look beautiful – research shows that they greatly improve your health and wellbeing too!

Viburnum Carlesii is a superb shrub for the April garden. Also known as the Koreanspice, it’s sweet, heady fragrance fills the warm spring air. 

I am really excited for spring and summer to get fully underway. The seasons are great for brilliantly coloured plants and attractive shrubs, so I’ve put together a list of my top five:

Brymore Academy is benefitting from a donation of tools we recently made to its pupils.

Calling all car enthusiasts. Come and see an array of vintage vehicles here on March 29 from 12noon when the Norton Radstock Classic Vehicle Club makes a pit stop. 

We recently invited schools, charities, village organisations and community groups to nominate themselves for our annual sapling giveaway scheme.

If you’re looking for some Easter-themed activities for children then why not take part in our treasure hunt from Monday, March 30 until Friday, April 10?

Come along and hear about Steve Burrows from Northwing Nurseries’ life as a bedding plant nurseryman during our next Gardeners’ Group on April 7 from 11am.

We’re super excited as our new restaurant is on schedule to open in April with the internal fit-out well underway. The impressive new build, which has a footprint of nearly 1000sqm and a brand new kitchen with state-of-art equipment, will seat 350 people, offering Taunton diners greater choice.

Kings seeds have kindly given us 50 packets of Sweet Pea seeds to give away. The first 50 people that come to our reception desk and give us their details to go on to Kings mail-list will be given a packet to take home.