The Garden House | Workshops, courses & garden visits, Brighton, Sussex

The Garden House is a place of energy and inspiration that encourages sustainable living, and where people can learn about horticulture, share information and be creative!

Covid-19 update: Brighton & Hove are currently under Lockdown restrictions, sad news for us all. However, we are feeling positive about 2021 and are planning some exciting new talks and courses – at the moment via Zoom, though looking ahead, others hopefully, will be in the Garden House garden. Our intention is to continue to be cautious and to see how it all goes over the next weeks and months.

Do follow us on Instagram @Gardenhouse – each day we’re posting an image from the garden to lift your spirits.

Courses & Workshops

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Learning by doing: 4 session workshop

Tuesday 13th July 2021 - Tuesday 3rd August 2021

Working in our teaching garden, improve your knowledge and skills and gain the confidence to plan, plant, propagate, prune and much more.

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Master Class: Be Inspired by Colour

Wednesday 28th July 2021

Be inspired by ideas both new and traditional as you explore the use of colour in your garden and create eye-catching planting combinations.

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Learn ‘Sashiko’ Stitch and the Art of Japanese Mending

Wednesday 4th August 2021

Sashiko is a Japanese form of decorative reinforcement stitching - it translates as “little stabs” and was originally used to patch Japanese kimonos.

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Summer Visit to Sarah Raven’s Perch Hill Garden

Monday 16th August 2021 | 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Enjoy exclusive access to Perch Hill, learning some of the secrets of Sarah Raven’s imaginative ‘cutting garden’ planting and combinations.

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July in the Garden...

1 Deadhead now to keep summer plants and bedding at their best and to encourage continuous flowering, particularly oriental poppies, alchemilla, hardy geraniums, nepeta.
2 In July prune Wisteria for the second time in the year; if you leave any later you may jeopardise next years flowers.
3 Water and feed everything regularly, especially tomatoes, to avoid problems. Also tie them in to their canes and pinch out the side shoots if necessary.
4 Dahlias will be flowering profusely by the end of the month. Tall stems will need to be supported to keep the heavy blooms upright. Regularly dead-head and harvest flowers.
5 Cut back herbs for drying. Marjoram and Oregano can be harvested for drying now, before the flowers come. Lavender can be cut when it is just coming into flower.
6 Keep an eye on apples and plums to make sure there are not too many on each stem and thin out if necessary – just two or three is enough.
7 Prune early summer-flowering shrubs; as well as cutting back for shape, look for any damaged or dead shoots and cut them out.
8 Prune out raspberry canes to prevent congestion, tie the new canes on to support wires and ensure the area is weed-free and well watered in dry spells.