Thursday 6 August 2015
Well, we decided to visit the gardens at Parham House! Even in the pouring rain, the colourful herbaceous borders were bursting with colour www.parhaminsussex.co.uk The visit came about after an invitation from Henry Macaulay and Max Crisfield, both ex-students of...
Thursday 30 July 2015
Beautiful Sussex cottage garden, I Rose Cottage in Golden Cross, OPEN on Sunday 2 August to fundraise for Lewes Saturday Circles. 11-5 pm. Also OPEN Monday 3 August for the NGS (National Garden Scheme), with another garden, Woodside in Laughton. 11-5 pm....
Friday 24 July 2015
Back in June this year, our 4-session workshop with Brighton-based artist, Kate Osborne, inspired a group of garden lovers to be more expressive with watercolour. With Kates guidance and inspired by the lovely garden at Warleigh Road they were able to explore what...
Monday 20 July 2015
Thank you to everyone who came along to the Garden House yesterday (Sunday 19 July) to support the local Time To Talk Befriending charity www.timetotalkbefriending.org.uk I dont think weve ever had such a busy open garden day. Your enthusiasm –...
Monday 13 July 2015
SAVE THE DATE: Sunday 19th July. Every summer the Garden House holds a fantastic and fun event to fund-raise for a local charity, and this year we are supporting the Time To Talk Befriending charity – www.timetotalkbefriending.org.uk Do come along...
Sunday 28 June 2015
A trip with the Garden House is never short of inspiration, friendship, laughter, delicious food and special treats – and our recent visit to the gardens of Dublin was no exception. Over four days we visited eight very different gardens,...
Monday 22 June 2015
For a horticultural treat, pop along this summer to the wonderful Marchants Hardy Plants in Laughton, East Sussex. We were there this weekend, walking around the inspiring garden filled with mainly herbaceous perennials and grasses including many rare or unusual...
Sunday 7 June 2015
The Elderflower season is short, late May to the latest mid-June. On a warm, dry day (never when wet) gather the creamy-white flowers of the elder tree which appear in abundance in hedgerows, scrub, woodlands and wasteland. One of our...
Tuesday 26 May 2015
On Saturday 6th June: Garden House Plant Fair we’ll have many local specialist plant nurseries selling shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vegetable seedlings, dahlias, succulents and annuals, plus hand crafted metal plant supports. And if that wasn’t enough, you can bring along any...
Monday 18 May 2015
Write it in your diary now our specialist plant fair is on Saturday 6th June! We’ll have many local specialist plant nurseries selling shrubs, herbaceous perennials, vegetable seedlings, dahlias, succulents and annuals, plus hand crafted metal plant supports. And if that...
Friday 15 May 2015
This weekend one of our favourite local gardens is opening for the NGS (National Garden Scheme). Garden House friend Barbara is opening her gates on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th May, so if youre ready for an inspirational burst of...
Sunday 3 May 2015
Once you start propagating plants, it’s very easy to get obsessed. No prunings or trimmings are thrown away. No seed-head is left unharvested. No random seedlings are pulled out (unless they are definitely weeds). They all hold the possibility of...