The Garden House Tasks for February
Sunday 9 February 2025
Spring is on its way! Please bear in mind these tasks are not a comprehensive look at all garden aspects, but relate directly to our monthly work in the Garden House garden, inspiring and teaching the volunteers, students and Friday...
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The Garden House Tasks for January
Saturday 11 January 2025
Bear in mind these tasks are not a comprehensive look at all garden aspects, but relate directly to our monthly work in the Garden House garden, inspiring and teaching the volunteers, students and Friday group gardeners who get stuck in...
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The Garden House Tasks for November
Sunday 10 November 2024
Bear in mind these tasks are not a comprehensive look at all garden aspects, but relate directly to our monthly workplace in the Garden House garden, inspiring and teaching the volunteers, students and Friday group gardeners who get stuck in...
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Country Homes & Interiors magazine feature
Monday 17 June 2024
The Garden House was delighted to host the magazine Country Homes & Interiors when they asked whether they could use our garden in Brighton as background for their July feature In a Country Garden. The feature shows how to style...
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Kate Osborne: Garden House Artist in Residence
Tuesday 19 September 2023
We are delighted to welcome Brighton-based artist Kate Osborne to regularly visit the Garden house as our ‘artist in residence’ capturing the garden in watercolour as it changes through the seasons. Kate says: “Can’t believe this beautiful oasis is just...
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Christmas Gift Vouchers!
Wednesday 1 December 2021
What better gift for a garden loving friend or family member? We have two options - Pelham Plants in Laughton, where your voucher could be used to purchase hardy perennial plants (by mail order); and The Garden House voucher,...
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Garden Consultancy Service
Tuesday 23 November 2021
Bridgette Saunders and Deborah Kalinke are highly experienced horticulturalists and qualified garden designers. See About Us for more information. This new service will offer two hours on site with a follow-up report. Cost is £200 for initial consultation (plus travel...
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Edible Plants: a New Book by Geoff Dann
Tuesday 28 September 2021
Garden House favourite, Geoff Dann, will be launching his new book in January 2022 - Edible Plants: A forager’s guide to the wild plants and seaweeds of Britain, Ireland and temperate Europe. We're really looking forward to it, and will...
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Saturday The Daily Telegraph: The Great British Stake-off
Saturday 17 April 2021
Thank you to The Daily Telegraph Gardening section (Saturday 17 April) for a wonderful feature highlighting the creative garden staking skills of Max Crisfield and Henry Macaulay here at The Garden House in Brighton! We could not be more thrilled,...
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It’s Snowdrop Time at Marchants!
Monday 25 January 2021
If you’re not familiar with Marchants Hardy Plants we suggest you investigate as soon as possible! Widely viewed as the key Sussex destination for keen gardeners, Marchants is a specialist Nursery nestled in Laughton, just north of the South Downs. ...
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Christmas Wreath Cheers!
Tuesday 8 December 2020
As this season we were unable to run our usual Christmas Wreath-Making Workshops inside the Garden House, we adapted and invited guests to enjoy our two-part ‘semi-virtual’ workshop. Happily the new system worked really well! Following the ZOOM demonstration everyone dropped by to...
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In Limbo at the Garden House
Monday 22 June 2020
Despite the weeks of lockdown (or because of) it has been a busy time here in the garden; plans made earlier are coming to fruition, though sadly without the usual audience of keen fellow gardeners! The roses have been marvellous -...
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