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...
Thursday 7 October 2010
Dear readers just a taster of whats to come Were in South Africa with a group of Garden House friends and enthusiasts travelling around the Western Cape area, visiting the wildflower fields of Namaqualand and touching on many of the...
Sunday 26 September 2010
We love autumn! Its always hard to choose between the joy of new growth in spring, the pleasure of a warm summer (if were lucky!), and the season of greatest change autumn Autumn smells different, it looks stunning (Im thinking...
Friday 24 September 2010
If youre at all interested in apples growing, eating, cooking, pressing get yourself over to Stanmer Park, Brighton, this Sunday 26 Check out the display of Sussex apples, buy a rare Sussex apple tree, or bring along your mystery apple...
Monday 20 September 2010
The hooded, helmet-shaped flowers, which consist of sepals rather than petals, give aconitums the common name of monkshood. It is also known as wolfsbane, leopards bane, womens bane, Devils helmet or blue rocket – and is one of our favourite...
Monday 6 September 2010
Our ‘taster day’ last Saturday was very successful. Many thanks to all of you who visited everyone was so enthusiastic about the wide variety of workshops we’re running this autumn thanks also to those who signed up, we look forward...
Wednesday 25 August 2010
As part of the Brighton & Hove Food and Drink Festival, Deborah Kalinke and Bridgette Saunders invite you to a Taster day at The Garden House! Its on Saturday 4 September! Taste the food. Taste the wine. Taste the courses…...
Saturday 21 August 2010
When you think about garden design don’t forget that you can add drama by using decorative ironwork. Rose arbours, obelisks and wall supports give height, and exciting supports for your herbaceous perennials can help give personality to your garden space....