The Garden House

Lost the plot... tales from the potting shed

Create Structure in your Garden

While enjoying the sunshine and spring flowers there’s serious work to be done to get your garden ready for summer – and one of the main tasks on the to-do list is staking!

If you haven’t…

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Phew, we’re exhausted, what a great weekend!

Having invited several of the best Sussex nurseries along to bring along many of their wonderful and often ‘hard to get hold of’ plants –…

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Garden House Plant Fair Weekend, 11 & 12th May

Next weekend we’re joining in the spirit of the Brighton Festival, but in a uniquely Garden House way! Visit us on 11 & 12 May, 11am-6pm, for…

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We love: early spring flowers

Spring is finally upon us – the rising sap is almost palpable throughout the garden as the buds start to open at last and reveal…

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Watch out for Poisonous Plants!

Gardeners often ask us which plants are poisonous, and you’ll find that many quite common garden plants are toxic to some degree (see our list…

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Plant of the Month: Chionodoxa forbesii Pink Giant

The Garden House garden is awash with spring-flowering bulbs such as Muscari, Scillas – and our favourite Chionodoxa forbesii Pink Giant – all looking bright…

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Today I must....plant out half-hardy annuals…

Once half-hardy annual seedlings have been hardened off they can be planted out, providing there is no cold wind. Water the seedlings well before you plant them.

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