Sunday 25 January 2015
Here at The Garden House, one of the things we love to do during the cold months is to choose seeds for the spring, experimenting with new varieties of flowers and vegetables. So aren’t we lucky to have on our...
Sunday 18 January 2015
We’re great fans of writer Francine Raymond and her website The Kitchen Garden, and being chicken lovers here at The Garden House, we particularly love her new book Flying The Coop. Follow Francine through the pages of this sequel to All...
Sunday 11 January 2015
Among our favourite winter flowering herbaceous perennials are the hellebores, and particularly these subtle and interesting virtually all-green varieties Helleborus foetidus AGM, H. argutifolius and H. x sternii. Its often said that specialists in them tend to become hellebore bores! Helleborus...
Sunday 4 January 2015
“Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream.” by Barbara Winkler Time to get...
Sunday 21 December 2014
We’re not sure who wrote it, but we rather like this slightly irreverent and contemporary Christmas poem…and we love this stunning image of ‘The Angel of the North’ (Antony Gormley, 1998) by photographer Owen Humphreys. Gabriel’s revelation Shepherds, they say,...
Monday 15 December 2014
The appearance and chemistry of mistletoe has endowed it with all manner of mystical, mythical and murderous powers in Eurasian folklore. The Roman writer Pliny records Celts attaching special properties to mistletoe parasitising oaks, whilst Norse mythology relates how the...
Sunday 7 December 2014
We love this beautiful tall and elegant narcissus – they can be grown indoor or outdoor and produce an avalanche of sweetly scented flowers. It’s too late now to plant outdoors (plant outdoors Sept-Oct), but they make stunning indoor displays,...
Sunday 30 November 2014
Allowing hydrangea flowers to dry on the shrub enhances the garden for a month or two – then if you catch them in time, the dried heads can be cut and brought indoors and gilded for Christmas decoration or wreath...
Sunday 23 November 2014
It’s a gloomy day in mid-November but there’s still lots going on in and around the garden, so we thought in this week’s post we would highlight just few Garden House related bits and pieces which might interest you Garden...
Sunday 16 November 2014
If you get cracking it’s not too late to plant tulip bulbs in the next week or two. They are very easy to grow and look fabulous planted in large groups in borders or in containers on the patio. In...
Sunday 9 November 2014
As we head towards winter, we’ve been thinking about this year’s exceptionally mild autumn days and vibrant autumn colour. Certainly in the south-east we’ve enjoyed sunshine and warmth all through September and October (the warmest Halloween on record) allowing us...
Sunday 19 October 2014
We recently enjoyed another truly inspirational and sunny day at The Garden House – our All You Need to Know About Roses workshop was lead by Simon White of Peter Beales Roses in Norfolk, winner of numerous gold medals at...