Monday 13 December 2010
We know it’s never that easy to rustle up the best gift for a keen gardener – another trowel, more twine, mmmm…well, this year we have the answer! Garden House courses and workshops make the best gifts – consider buying...
Friday 10 December 2010
There are many shrubs that will add colour through these darker winter months, including dogwoods (Cornus) which, if pruned hard in the spring, produce fantastically coloured young stems the following winter as the leaves fall. A great choice is Cornus sanguinea Midwinter...
Sunday 5 December 2010
Jan M. is one of an enthusiastic group of women who regularly (every Friday!) gather to drink coffee, chat about the week’s events – and to work in the beautiful garden at The Garden House! What better way to learn...
Thursday 2 December 2010
When did we last have snow in early December?! Last year it was January, the year before, April – this is becoming a regular if rather unpredictable occurrence! So wonderful whilst it’s looking fresh, treacherous underfoot when it gets icy...
Tuesday 30 November 2010
“If Dixter always remains loved and retains its own identity, everything else will fall into place.” Christopher Lloyd, January 2006 If you are a gardener then you absolutely must visit Great Dixter, near Rye, East Sussex. I was lucky enough...
Friday 19 November 2010
As the autumn draws in, fruits and seeds ripen creating an exciting range of colours and shapes in the garden. A great tree for the smaller garden is the Malus or crab apple with its fantastic fruits and autumn colour....
Sunday 7 November 2010
Tulips are fantastic spring bulbs. There is nothing to beat them for scent, colour and drama. If, like me, you want them to last for at least two months starting in the middle of March and continuing until the Alliums...
Monday 1 November 2010
Right now we’re jamming, pickling, bottling, producing anything from creamy curds and chutneys to sparkling jellies and fruity jams. Many of us are using fruit and veg that we’ve grown in gardens and allotments or foraged from the hedgerows. Applications...
Friday 22 October 2010
Following our amazing trip to South Africa where we visited vineyards and sampled some gorgeous wine, we would like to offer you the opportunity to come and try some fine wines supplied by Butlers Wine Cellar. On Friday 29 October Henry Butler...
Sunday 17 October 2010
To get us all into the autumn mood, we’ve decided to open The Garden House for FREE on the afternoon of Friday 22 October. We’ll be offering demonstrations on seasonal tasks like propagation and bulb planting, with useful hand-outs to...
Thursday 14 October 2010
On our recent travels around the Western Cape of South Africa with a group of GH friends and enthusiasts we visited a Rooibos tea plantation. Rooibos is a fynbos species, a scruffy little bush endemic to the Clanwilliam/Cederberg area from...
Monday 11 October 2010
I love to go out in late September among the fat, overripe, icy, black blackberries to eat blackberries for breakfast, the stalks very prickly, a penalty they earn for knowing the black art of blackberry making; and as I stand...