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 –...
Sunday 4 March 2012
Hardy Annuals – are plants with a life cycle of one year that will tolerate the frost and can be sown without heat and will be fine to leave outside, though preferably with some shelter. Examples of these would be...
Sunday 26 February 2012
Hellebores (sometimes known as the Christmas or Lenten rose) are perennial garden plants with beautiful, elegant flowers. At the Garden House we have some wonderful varieties and we increase our stock by buying a couple of new ones every year. ...
Tuesday 21 February 2012
We recently connected with a fantastic local initiative, the London Road Station Partnership – a group made up of neighbours living near the lovely nineteenth-century London Road station, just outside the centre of Brighton. Not only do we love them,...
Saturday 18 February 2012
Horticulture-speak can be a bit mystifying if you’re new to gardening and vegetable growing, so we thought we’d explain a few of the terms you’re most likely to come across: Intercropping This growing method is where quick maturing plants are...
Tuesday 14 February 2012
We are all eagerly awaiting the first herbaceous perennials of the year and the Pulmonarias always come up trumps! Pulmonaria rubra AGM (Award of Garden Merit) is always the first to flower, and needs to be observed at close quarters...
Saturday 11 February 2012
Here at The Garden House we have many lovely roses – climbers, shrubs, ramblers, miniatures we’re passionate about them! But we also know that roses carry a certain mystique with regard to care – when to prune, how to prune,...
Monday 6 February 2012
In the autumn and winter, it is a hard job for birds in the garden to find enough food. Theres less food available, and less time to find it because of the shorter daylight hours. Yet because farmers harvest their...