Garden House talk: Artists and Gardens
Tuesday 30 October 2012
The next best thing to being in the garden is looking at pictures of gardens. Sue Woods’ wonderful talk on Artists and Gardens introduced us to many familiar and less familiar paintings, as well as photographic records of artists and...
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We love: Nigel Slaters vegetable patch stew
Tuesday 23 October 2012
One of our favourite cooks and foodie author is Nigel Slater, he of The Kitchen Diaries, Tender, Real Fast Cooking and his wonderful biography Toast: The Story of a Boys Hunger. This recipe is an easy fail-safe supper or lunch...
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My perfect watering can!
Sunday 14 October 2012
Is it possible to have too many watering cans? I have been looking for the perfect watering can for years and here it is! It’s simple bright green and plastic (above) – certainly not the most attractive, but so far...
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Nymans: Ed Ikins green gardening
Friday 12 October 2012
With the rain pattering (what’s new?) on the roof of the Garden House, Ed Ikin described “green gardening” at Nymans, the National Trust garden he heads near Handcross, West Sussex. Many of the methods he has established to ensure as...
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Plant of the Month: Helianthus Lemon Queen
Wednesday 3 October 2012
Our suggestion this month is the wonderful Helianthus Lemon Queen of the Asteraceae family, and common named the ‘perennial sunflower’. It is one of those plants that never fails to lift the spirits, and is irresistible to butterflies! Reassuringly it...
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Visit the Great Dixter Plant Fair
Monday 1 October 2012
One of our very favourite gardens Great Dixter is holding its annual Plant Fair next weekend, Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 October. This is a particularly special event as it includes some European nurseries that one wouldnt normally see over...
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