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To Be, or Not To Be… a treehouse!!
It’s done. At last. just a few i’s to dot and t’s to cross. But it is now bookable from the 25th July onwards. and, Yes, for those who have been following the (lack of) progress, we do mean this year – 2025!! Full details are on the Treehouse page under SPACES But here is…
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3 Wonderful things about Secret Garden Glamping
Well, what is so wonderful about Secret Garden Glamping? 1. First wonderful thing – to be a secret Garden Glamping Site it has to be a secret. But we have failed. It’s not a secret!! At least we hope not. In fact we’ve been trying for years to spread the word to make it the…
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The Treehouse Cometh!!
Progress on the treehouse is speeding up. This week the rope bridge is finally edging its way towards the front door!! Just got to make the beds and we’re done!! If only!!!
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The Green Dome is dead
LONG LIVE THE GREEN DOME !! So we had to move things around a bit to make way for the new Zero Treehouse. The Green dome – a favourite of many guests at the Dome Garden over the years – is no more. Well, that’s not actually true. Firstly because we rebuilt it for lovely…
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Tantalising treehouse
If you came to stay in 2022 you will have seen the treehouse creeping up on top of where the Superdome used to be. And you will have seen us clambering all over it and you might even have had the guided tour along with a huge dull lecture about sustainability and net zero (not…
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Food for 2022
We enjoy making food at the Dome Garden. But since the pandemic we’ve had to reduce our output due to shortages of almost everything – staff is now a permanent issue, last month it was tomatoes, this month it’s olive oil! However, we are trying to do bits and pieces here adn there because everyone…
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The Treehouse
Lots of people asking about the new treehouse, so here’s the rundown… First off – the treehouse is going to be fantastic. It’s the first of four luxurious Net Zero elevated villas based around our own passions of Nature, Well-Being, Food & Wine and Art & Culture. This one, just called ‘ZERO’, is dedicated to…
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Dome Garden Faqs
Here’s some stuff we get asked a lot!!! Nearly all of it is contained in the links on your booking confirmation and the pre-arrival email so please check them first. In no particular order… Is my booking going ahead? I haven’t heard anything? Yes. Unequivocally yes! We are still in business, we are very busy,…
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Here we go again!! Bring on 2021…
So a little later than planned we are back on the 12th April and hopefully this time for good!!! After a tricky old year everyone has realised that holidays are back on the to do list for this season. So we’re open, we’re safe and, as usual over winter, we’ve had chance to mess about…
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Pubs n Grub
Eating and Drinking at The Lodge Rooms and in The Dome Garden During the main season there are lots of options for food in and around the Dome Garden and The Lodge Rooms. Out of season there are still options! For Lodge Room dwellers we provide a complementary light breakfast – pots of tea and…
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It’s Showtime!!
In the interests of a handsfree introduction for people arriving at the Dome Garden – and also to give a flavour of what to expect when you get here – here are the first of a series of videos explaining exactly how everything works.
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We’re back!!!
Never has an email campaign jumped into action as fast as this one. Today we emailed to say that we’re back, we’re open and we’re safe. Plenty of social distancing plenty of soap plenty of sanitiser and for today at least plenty of sun! And, Wow, in no time tons of you not only opened…
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Lodge Rooms Practical
The Lodge Rooms There are now five Lodge Rooms at the dome garden. All decorated in our recycled timber style and, unlike the Domes outside, have a few more creature comforts. They all have en-suites with, yes, running hot water. They all have flat screen TVs and tea & coffee making facilities. They do not…
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Domeworks dome for Tesla in Val D’sere
Those who know us, know we built and designed all the domes here. What some don’t realise is that we also build them for other people through DOMEWORKS, our busy little sister company. Most recently we were asked to build two domes for TESLA, the giant electric car company, to show off their cars in…
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New Year, New Website, New Tesla Dome
Happy 2019 We’ve been so quiet in the runup to Christmas. Sorry for that! But there’s been so much going on. Mostly we’ve been concentrating on the launch of the latest version of the DG website and experimenting with automatic booking – which has been nothing short of disastrous! So we’ve binned that! For now…
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Dates & Prices for 2025 Season
DOME and TREEHOUSE rates click on the picture to the right For the LODGE ROOMS you can check them out and book online HERE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2025 SEASON DATES For 2025 we are running six Lodge Rooms and four Domes – 2 Simple Domes, the Skydome and the Double Dome. Our new sustainable low energy Treehouse…
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Family Friendly Foodie Weekend
Family Friendly Foodie Weekend at the Dome Garden! Hurrah !!! 2 dates for you diary. Many people have asked if we can do a specialist, family friendly foodie weekend where we really do set light to everything and have a proper family friendly foodie feast. So we’ve listened and we’ll be serving some of our…
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Low Ropes
SWING LOW! – on our new team building low-ropes course for our corporate guests. What’s a low ropes course? Well, a series of logic puzzles and physical challenges, all based near to the ground and all involving ropes – to a greater or lesser extent. Hence Low Ropes. It’s designed to bring teams closer as…
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Mangalitsa, Perfect Pork
Today was a big day. It was the day when our lovely Mangalitsas were transformed by one of Europe’s finest butchers, from pigs into pork as a series of chops and joints. Butchers in question were the wonderful people at Aubrey Allen, probably the most amazing butchery company on the planet! The results really do…
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Mangalitsa Pigs!
Oh, what a joy are the Mangalitsa Pigs! A rare breed pig that produces pork so delicious you think you might have died and gone to heaven. Nearly three years ago a lovely guest called George bought us a present while he was out shopping. It was a cookbook from a, then little known, restaurant…
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BBQuestions
Some years ago I used to work for a crazy TV producer. He was not only an amazing boss but had a unique gift with a kettle barbecue. His star turn was at the Summer parties when he would have three BBQs running at once and could produce perfectly cooked steaks and lamb fillets to…
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Luxury Camping?
So, ten days to go to re-opening and the chickens have been re-housed to much more glamorous accommodation. The old timber house that we built in 2010 was no longer plush enough and they were demanding space to play – safe from Mr Fox, who nabbed 22 of their pals a few years back. So…
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New Guests
It’s a bit like the old Monty Python “architect’s” sketch… Mr Wiggin – “The tenants arrive in the entrance hall here, and are carried along the corridor on a conveyor belt in extreme comfort and past murals depicting Mediterranean scenes, towards the rotating knives…” First City Gent – “Excuse me…” Mr Wiggin – “Hm?” First…
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Winter wonder
Lots of people wonder what we do all winter. Hah!! Apart from the obligatory ‘lying-down-in-a-dark-room’ for a few weeks, we start messing about with what happens next year. And this winter we think it’s pretty cool. It comes from an old hippy’s model of an exploded geodesic dome that surfaced in the late ’70s. It…
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DOMUS
What else would we call our house wine? Domus (House? Geddit?) And what a weekend to finally launch our long awaited and much beloved wine list (yes, about six years it’s taken to sort this out). Each with our very own super informative labels. Lots of ideas going on here; 1. To have fun with…
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May Days
“Where is everybody?” said the Dome Gardeners today. Now, these Gardeners are proper ‘Gardeners’ unlike our well known speaking mistake, ‘The Gardeneers’, who work on the rest of the site. It’s always like this in May. I was comparing notes with two other Glamping site owners in Hampshire the other day and they said the…
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Sunday Times Glamp
Those crazy people!! Glamping is still the rage at the Sunday Times, and every time they mention us, everything goes bananas. Yet again The Sunday Times Glamping article listed us in the top ten UK Glamping sites, aided and abetted by their – and our – very good friends at Cool Camping. Result being a…
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Spring – Indoors!
A warm blast of air has magically opened all the trees and flowers in the Dome Garden. Just like that – Boom! It is most definitely spring and, just to celebrate, we have had a cuckoo trumpeting away in the forest all morning. The effortlessness with which all this happens never ceases to amaze –…
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The Warm Garden!
The end of Summer marks the beginning of one of the prettiest times to visit the Dome Garden. But with all the beautiful colours and the fabulous light comes cooler weather. So here are our Top Six Tips for, not just surviving but, REVELLING in your Autumn trip to the Dome Garden. Layers Layers, layers,…
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Bring it on!
So. Yes. We have to admit it. Not a word from us all winter – and not much during the Autumn either. The end of 2015 passed in a streak of busy weekends and amazing corporate events. We barely had time to catch our breath. Lots of fun was had, by lots of people, and…
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Directions to the Dome Garden
You’ve heard tell there is no sign on the track that leads to the Dome Garden. You’ve heard tell of people driving round in circles until they’re batteries go flat! (oh, aren’t we modern) Well, how the heck do you get to us then? First of all… DON’T FOLLOW YOUR SAT NAV ! We’re at…
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24 Things to do in The Forest!
The Dome Garden is located 200yds inside the edge of the Forest Of Dean so is surrounded on all sides by woods with tons to do nearby and a stack of attractions not far away. SO… here’s a round up of all the best things to do, to see and to visit. (click on the…
