Plant of the Month: Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Tuesday 27 September 2011
This delightful plant is a member of the Plumbaginaceae family and comes from comes from West Sichuan, in China. Its common name is hardy plumbago or blue-flowered leadwort. It is a sub-shrub or herbaceous perennial with a clump forming habit putting...
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Pop up Garden Shop Fridays!
Thursday 22 September 2011
NEW! Starting Friday 23rd September, every Friday from 3-6pm we’ll be opening our garden gates and inviting you to enjoy our Pop Up Garden Shop! We’ll be selling seasonal fruits and vegetables, a great selection of plants, seeds, preserves, eggs...
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Nows the time to forage and preserve!
Sunday 18 September 2011
There is so much to be foraged in the hedgerows at the moment, including sloes, crab apples, haws, rowan berries, wild apples, plums and damsons and of course, black berries. My favourite thing to do with my ‘forages’ is to...
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Entertain in our Garden Room!
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Looking for somewhere very special to celebrate Christmas or the New Year with colleagues, family and friends? Our Garden Room is a unique space in a beautiful garden setting, ideal for relaxed and informal social gatherings. We cater for lunches...
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Our favourite Apple Chutney
Friday 9 September 2011
With thanks to Garden House friend Chris Batt for giving us his recipe for Apple Chutney a delicious way to use up your glut of autumn fruits, and to give away as gifts for Christmas Ingredients: 2lb onions, peeled and...
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Autumn, a favourite season
Sunday 4 September 2011
The first signs of autumn are upon us. Somehow the air just smells different, and rain aside, September and October are just about my favourite months in the garden. Although there is much in flower (in fact a wonderful time...
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