We love: early spring flowers
Friday 3 April 2015
With Easter comes the first signs of spring – buds are starting to open and reveal their bright green leaves or soft scented blossoms. The insects have become busy, seeking out food after the long winter and seeds have at...
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Chicken Loving News
Sunday 29 March 2015
As I’m sure our regular readers will know, here at The Garden House we are totally passionate about chickens! And we’ve recently noted a new book published by Ivy Press (ISBN 978-1-78240-200-8) – Chicken & Egg; an Egg-centric Guide to...
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Spring arrives in the Garden House!
Sunday 22 March 2015
Yesterday spring arrived in The Garden House walking around the garden there were so many signs of emerging blooms, and seedlings underway outside and in our new heated propagator! We also enjoyed an entertaining talk by Rose Hardy of...
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Marianne North: plant hunter and botanical artist
Sunday 15 March 2015
Following on from Pat Bowen’s fascinating article about ‘plant hunter’ Wendy Campbell-Purdie, Marianne North is another intrepid plant hunter and painter who we thought you would be interested to know more about. Born in 1830, Marianne North devoted her life...
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Wendy Campbell-Purdie: plant hunter
Sunday 8 March 2015
At our highly enjoyable Reading Evening back on 27 February local author Pat Bowen talked in particular about two women ‘plant hunters’, Wendy Campbell-Purdie and Marianne North. Here Pat has written about Campbell-Purdie – very appropriate we thought for International...
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Test yourself: Identify these Trees
Saturday 28 February 2015
While we can pride ourselves on recognizing a wide variety of shrubs, perennials and annuals, I wonder whether we can as easily identify the trees around us, especially in wintertime when they have no leaves to help us! Test yourself...
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Garden House Book Week: Part 5
Thursday 26 February 2015
Leading up to our special ‘book and stories’ day, Friday 27 February, we’ve asked members of the Garden House’s regular Friday gardening group to tell us about their favourite reading inspirations. The Wild Garden (by William Robinson and Rick Darke)...
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Garden House Book Week: Part 4
Wednesday 25 February 2015
Leading up to our special ‘book and stories’ day, Friday 27 February, we’ve asked members of the Garden House’s regular Friday gardening group to tell us about their favourite reading inspirations. Home Ground: Sanctuary in the City (by Dan Pearson)...
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Garden House Book Week: Part 3
Tuesday 24 February 2015
Leading up to our special ‘book and stories’ day, Friday 27 February, we’ve asked members of the Garden House’s regular Friday gardening group to tell us about their favourite reading inspirations. Morning session a FREE drop-in between 11am and 1pm:...
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Garden House Book Week: Part 2
Monday 23 February 2015
Leading up to our special ‘book and stories’ day, Friday 27 February, we’ve asked members of the Garden House’s regular Friday gardening group to tell us about their favourite reading inspirations. Today some suggestions to throw light on the more...
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Garden House Book Week: Part 1
Sunday 22 February 2015
Leading up to our special ‘book and stories’ day, Friday 27 February, we’ve asked members of the Garden House’s regular Friday gardening group to tell us about their favourite reading inspirations. *27 Feb morning 11am and 1pm a FREE drop-in Gardening...
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Marmalade Jam Making (with added Gin!)
Sunday 1 February 2015
Every January Garden House friends get together to make Seville Orange Marmalade its always a joyous affair as it involves a bit of gin drinking as well! Its a tradition that Bridge and friend Liz started to remind Liz of...
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