Saturday 28 May 2011
Well, 2011s Chelsea Flower Show extravaganza is over the years inspirational kick-start for new gardening ideas, plantings and structures we loved it! Cleve Wests garden for The Daily Telegraph was awarded Best Show Garden quite an accolade and well deserved,...
Thursday 19 May 2011
At the moment many members of the borage family are looking wonderful we love their simplicity, the way they flourish popping up everywhere and so easily and we love the often bright blue borage flowers, which look wonderful in salads!...
Friday 13 May 2011
The Garden House currently has a stunning display of different kinds of ornamental onions – hundreds of blooms, and flowering around three weeks early! Our mass plantings include: Allium ‘Mont Blanc’, A. hollandicum ‘Purple Sensation’ AGM, A. atropurpureum, A. nigrum, A....
Saturday 7 May 2011
If you have the energy and time to spare, set aside the coming weekends to visit the wonderful Artists Open Houses 2011 more than 1,000 artists are exhibiting their work at over 250 venues, spread across the city of Brighton...
Friday 29 April 2011
Love it or loathe it, endure it or enjoy it – today’s wedding was a great opportunity to again admire the beauty of our seasonal native trees and flowers. London-based floral designer Shane Connolly masterminded the floral arrangements, leading teams...
Sunday 24 April 2011
Some bulbs, like daffodils and jonquils, are fine to leave in the ground season after season. However tulips are best dug up and left to dry out. Some tulip bulbs are not winter hardy, hence in cold climates those bulbs should...
Tuesday 19 April 2011
We love Margaret’s delicious version of the traditional Simnel cake; a cake typically eaten during the Easter period in Great Britain, Ireland and some other countries. For the base: 8oz rich shortcrust pastry (use ready-made Jus-Rol sweet shortcrust) Apricot jam...
Monday 11 April 2011
This fascinating genus contains over 100 species of bulbous perennials, from the tall and dramatic F. imperialis (Crown Imperial) to the delicate F. meleagris (snake’s head fritillary) with its distinctive chequered flower. In the main they originate from around the...
Sunday 3 April 2011
In Japan, where the cherry blossom is respected, there is an annual festival in its honour, where everyone goes out into the countryside to sit beneath the blossom and picnic and party with very un-Japanese abandon. Cherries are one of...
Monday 28 March 2011
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...
Thursday 24 March 2011
Visit the delightful and inspiring Garden House garden on the afternoon of Sunday 27 March! While an all-year-round opening is neither practical or desirable for smaller garden owners, the long running National Garden Scheme allows many proud gardeners the opportunity...
Friday 18 March 2011
Daphnes are invariably grown for their delightfully fragrant flowers, which most have in abundance, but some are grown for their foliage, fruit, or upright, rounded or prostrate habit. Daphne as a genus consists of about 50 deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen...