Alys Fowler at The Garden House
Saturday 20 March 2010
We’re delighted to welcome Alys Fowler to The Garden House on Saturday 10 July. Alys, the well-known writer and horticulturalist, and Gardener’s World presenter, will lead a workshop on the ‘edible garden’. “I want a beautifully productive garden that weaves...
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Exhibition: Plant Portraits
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Plant Portraits opens on 2 April at Brighton’s Booth Museum (until 24 September 2010). Botanical artists can create images of extraordinary beauty images that convey a plant’s technical form and structure in ways that a photograph cannot. This exhibition, curated by...
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Garden details
Saturday 13 March 2010
In winter and early spring whilst you’re holding your breath waiting for some signs of new growth, it is all to easy to get impatient and despair. Yet we love this time of year the garden is laid bare, and...
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Ornamental grasses with Monica Lucas
Wednesday 10 March 2010
“Rushes are round, sedges have edges, and grasses are glorious”. So said expert grower Monica Lewis at last Saturday’s Garden House workshop! Enthusiastic and hugely knowledgeable, Monica talked the group through the seemingly endless and largely irresistible variations. So, why...
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Preston Park vegetable garden
Monday 8 March 2010
Everyones talking about growing your own veg these days, and a new initiative in Brighton and Hove aims to get more local residents growing by showing what is possible right on their doorstep! Brighton & Hove Food Partnerships Harvest project...
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Visit to Beth Chattos garden
Friday 5 March 2010
The Garden House is taking a spring trip to the wonderful Beth Chatto gardens at Colchester, Essex, on 17 April. It is so beautifully planted, and was such a rewarding experience when we went a few years ago in February,...
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