Senior Gardener Sharon is back with even more top tips for you this week. Keep watching to learn more about keeping record of your seedlings! 🌱

🎉 It’s Volunteers’ Week and we’re kicking things off with a special message from our Head of Volunteering, Michele! Watch this space as fill our channels with a week-long Volunteer takeover, celebrating the incredible time, talent and... #VolunteersWeek #ThankYouVolunteers

🌿 It's day 2 of Volunteers' Week!   Today, we're shining a light on the brilliant volunteers who help care for our parks & gardens - from planting & pruning to keeping our green spaces thriving all year.   Thank you for everything you do! 🌼   #VolunteersWeek #VolunteerTakeover

Guess who’s back…👀

Celebrate Dad with our Father's Day Afternoon Tea - the perfect way to say thanks. Delicious treats, great company… gift sorted 🍰 Book your table now ➡️ aucklandproject.org/event/fathers-…

Spend a minute relaxing with us in our newly opened Paradise Garden. Watch the gentle breeze drifting through the barley, let it clear your mind and invite a sense of calm 🍃 Have you visited our gardens this year?

Day 1. Durham students on their way right now to excavate on the north terrace at Auckland Palace. Really looking forward to this. Three weeks ahead of us. What will we discover this year? Durham Archaeology The Auckland Project

Day 1 - We’re back for our final year of #archaeology at Bishop Auckland! Follow along or come visit us on site! Durham Archaeology The Auckland Project DU Auckland Castle Excavations Chris Gerrard John Castling

Day 1- our final season of #archaeology excavations at The Auckland Project in Bishop Auckland! Durham Archaeology students received their site briefing and off they went chasing walls and drains! Follow along the next three weeks to see what we find…

It’s day two of our archaeological excavation, so join us on a quick tour of the trenches and what we’re hoping to find! Don’t forget our Trench Tours start tomorrow, running Wed - Sun. You’ll be able to learn more about what we’re finding 1pm - 1.30pm 🪏

Day 2 - We have a couple of trenches open this year w/ plenty to get through to reach the #archaeology. May that be turf or the backfill of previous years, the team has taken it on in stride! (The Auckland Project is running trench tours Wed-Sun, 13.00!) 📸 - Jamie Armstrong

Day 3 - Well, well, well…we have a well/spring! Just in time too as it may help keep us all cool as we enter some warmer days on site…meanwhile, some interesting mortar-material has appeared in the #archarology of Trench D. 📸 Photo 1- Jamie Armstrong Photos 2, 3- Intern Tom

Day 4 - A day of recording, finds, and fashion! From recording the well from Day 3, to medieval pottery, a bishop’s roasted pig, to site fashion…It’s been a full day with the Durham Archaeology students!

Check out what we’ve found so far in our archaeological excavation with DU Auckland Castle Excavations.

Did you guess correctly? It’s a French jetton. Well done to Michael, Nick, Andrew, Mandy and Alan for your fantastic eye spotting that it was a Jetton ⭐️

Day 5 - We have walls! We have finds! We have a tower? 1) uncovering a large stone surface which has the trench playing the game “Tower or Buttress?”, 2) chasing the curtain wall in the top trench, & 3) finding amazing things (such as a base of a small cauldron).

✨ Happy Father's Day ✨ We hope all you amazing Dads have a lovely day 💗 We're looking forward to welcoming guests to our Gentleman's Afternoon Tea at Auckland Palace 😋

Exciting chef opportunities are available! We're growing and and looking for passionate chefs at all levels to grow with us. Exciting new chapter. Fresh direction. Inspired menus. Be part of something special, apply now and shape what's next ➡️ aucklandproject.org/support-us/job…

Sharon our Senior Gardener is back in the gardens, telling you a little bit about our nursery beds this week 🌱

Step into 200 years of innovation and industry 'Fuelling the Railway Revolution' is NOW OPEN at the Mining Art Gallery! Exploring the powerful link between coal, art, and the rise of the railways - this exhibition celebrates how our region didn't just ... aucklandproject.org/event/fuelling…