Wednesday 9 May 2012
Today we’re highlighting three blacksmiths showing at The Garden House every weekend in May. We love the way in which their work complements the garden scene, whether as plant supports or architectural components, both practical and decorative… Chris Burchell-Collins works...
Monday 7 May 2012
Over the next few weeks we’ll be highlighting the wonderfully creative artists and makers showing at The Garden House every weekend in May; our first are textile makers Mandy Murray and Janie Jones. Mandy grew up surrounded by the fabrics...
Friday 4 May 2012
Dear friends we are really excited about taking part in the Brighton Festival Artists Open Houses for the very first time. We have always been passionate about art, craft and garden-related inspirations, so this is the ideal way to bring all these...
Monday 30 April 2012
At the Garden House we love a mosaic or two – especially in the garden! Sue Samways is a self-taught mosaicist with a love of gardens who has created many pieces for us – stepping-stones, mosaic-covered tabletops and mosaic-covered pots. In...
Sunday 22 April 2012
April is magical time as plants emerge from their winter dormancy, some producing a beautiful show of flowers. One such, and a favourite of ours, is Epimedium x perralchicum Fröhnleiten with its thin, wiry flowering stems that uncurl from the base...
Thursday 19 April 2012
Now is the very best time to get your plant supports into place. With growth on most perennials just starting, you can clearly see where the plants are and more easily get stakes or supports into position. Of course, not...
Monday 9 April 2012
Spring in the UK has been wonderful, certainly in the south, with extremely warm weather enjoyed, but at the same time rather troubling with the hosepipe ban, along with freezing temperatures on a couple of mornings this week! Our gardens...
Saturday 31 March 2012
If you want to garden organically, save money, and so important right now save water, think seriously about composting your garden and household waste. Even in the smallest garden, using your own compost you can grow plants, fruit and vegetables...
Monday 26 March 2012
A hugely inspiring and very relaxed talk by Fergus Garrett took place at the Garden House on the strangely warm evening of 23rd March. This was about as far as you could get from a formal talk followed by Q...
Monday 19 March 2012
As you walk through your garden, something sparkles and catches your eye. How wonderful if it is an artwork you have made yourself… Last Saturday’s stained glass workshop led by Annie McMullan offered just that, a thoroughly enjoyable day learning...
Wednesday 14 March 2012
Something to think about at this time of year is making a perennial vegetable bed; that means vegetables that will continue to grow year after year. Some examples are asparagus, globe artichokes, Jerusalem artichokes, sea kale, cardoon, chicory and varieties...
Friday 9 March 2012
March is here and it’s time to get organised in your vegetable plot Check, repair or replace any rotten raised-bed boards, and build new compost bins. Clean, sharpen and oil secateurs, loppers and shears. Set up more water butts –...