Saturday 29 May 2010
Brighton-based designer Andy Sturgeon won both gold and Best in Show Garden at CFS with his contemporary gravel garden. A wonderful and adventurous garden in many respects the free-standing rusted steel structures framing stunning planting. Our eyes were particularly drawn to...
Monday 24 May 2010
This excerpt from the late Geoffrey Smiths Easy Plants for Difficult Places (David & Charles 1967) is featured in Garden Wisdom by Leslie Geddes-Brown, a wonderful compilation of writings by many of Britains best admired and loved garden professionals: “Of...
Thursday 20 May 2010
Visit the delightful Houghton Lodge gardens with The Garden House! On Wednesday 23 June we’ve a great day planned – visiting Mottisfont Abbey to see the collection of old-fashioned roses, and Houghton Lodge to see the inspirational garden. Houghton Lodge...
Tuesday 18 May 2010
Here at The Garden House we love knitting! Which is why we’re running two great workshops in July, led by expert knitter Julia Hincks – Knitting Workshop 1: Cable and Texture on 6 July, and Knitting Workshop 2: Colour on 13 July....
Saturday 15 May 2010
Dan Bennett, painter and print-maker, is showing at Studio 106, an artists collective based in a converted warehouse in the Poets Corner district of Hove. Reflecting his love of gardens, Dan’s work beautifully expresses the colour, textures and form of groups and individual...
Saturday 8 May 2010
Visit Lindy’s house at 31 Preston Park Avenue, Brighton, and enjoy the work of several artists creating decorative and functional outdoor artwork and sculpture. Lindy’s house is an artwork in itself an inspiring tapestry of colour, pattern, decorative home accessories...
Wednesday 5 May 2010
You know how sometimes you look intensely at a flower and just can’t believe the colours are ‘made by nature’? Few artists so completely capture the depth and vibrancy of natural plant forms as successfully as Frances Doherty. Frances is...
Sunday 2 May 2010
Roses have a long and colourful history from the early damask rose, to the old-fashioned China roses, to the modern shrub and now this much-loved plant is increasingly being used in more contemporary settings. Versatile and easy to grow, they...