Informative & inspirational events, talks, courses & workshops

There's always so much happening in the world of gardening - here we keep you posted on places we've visited, experts we've spoken with, and the things we just love doing...

A day of domestic bliss and screen-printing heaven!

Friday 28 September 2012

Last Saturday’s ‘Domestic Bliss’ textile print workshop with local designer and maker Kate Strachan was a great success.  The day was sunny and bright – always a good start! – and the students keen to roll up their sleeves and...

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We love: fiery autumn colour

Monday 24 September 2012

Heading out in The Garden House garden last Saturday – the last deliciously sunny day for a while I suspect – we were struck by just how much dramatic and fiery autumn colour remains to be picked and enjoyed.  The...

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Propagating Pelargoniums

Saturday 15 September 2012

Pelargoniums are native to South Africa and are tender perennials – in other words, they need to be kept frost free over winter.  Some of the more common bedding varieties do sometimes survive outside but the rarer types tend to...

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Plant of the Month: Stipa gigantea

Wednesday 12 September 2012

Having recently spent the day at the Sussex Prairie Garden plant fair and seen some fabulous plants there, I thought I should tell you about one of our favourites – Stipa gigantea – the giant oat grass. We find it...

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Sussex Prairies; plant and art fair

Saturday 8 September 2012

Last Sunday the wonderful Paul and Pauline McBride invited over 60 specialist nurseries, artists and makers to set up their stalls dotted in and around the vast perennial beds that make up the Sussex Prairies landscape. On the left, Bridgette...

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A favourite poem

Monday 3 September 2012

September by Ted Hughes We sit late, watching the dark slowly unfold: No clock counts this. When kisses are repeated and the arms hold There is no telling where time is.   It is midsummer: the leaves hang big and...

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