Wednesday 5 May 2010
You know how sometimes you look intensely at a flower and just can’t believe the colours are ‘made by nature’? Few artists so completely capture the depth and vibrancy of natural plant forms as successfully as Frances Doherty. Frances is...
Sunday 2 May 2010
Roses have a long and colourful history from the early damask rose, to the old-fashioned China roses, to the modern shrub and now this much-loved plant is increasingly being used in more contemporary settings. Versatile and easy to grow, they...
Thursday 29 April 2010
If youre not already a fan, the Brighton Artists Open Houses is a must – it is probably Britain’s biggest free visual arts event. It is. Over the first four weekends of May, a record 243 venues will open their...
Sunday 25 April 2010
To introduce the annual Garden Gadabout, the organisers have put together a real treat – Question Time for Gardeners If you are wondering what to plant, considering growing your own vegetables or need to identify a pest or disease, then...
Monday 19 April 2010
We’re very excited to tell you about The Garden House Plant School. For the first time, we’ve created a course designed specifically to help you further develop your knowledge of plants and their families. The course starts on Weds 9...
Friday 16 April 2010
If you or yours are in celebratory mood and in need of a fabulous garden-related cake (or any other theme) – look no further… Recently, Brighton-based pastry chef and cake decorator Gemma Macfarlane made a cake to celebrate Bridgette’s dad’s...
Wednesday 14 April 2010
Pricking out seedlings, hardening off and sowing outdoors. There’s still time to sow more half-hardy annuals and vegetables. If you haven’t already, sow under glass courgettes, marrows, pumpkins, sweetcorn and greenhouse cucumbers. Outdoors, sow beetroot and turnips, peas and broad...
Thursday 8 April 2010
Simple, affordable and productive now is the time to get seed sowing! The only successful means of propagating annual plants is from seed. Most perennials also grow well from seed, however cuttings or division are usually quicker methods of growing...
Friday 2 April 2010
“Dig it up and throw it away” was the title of a talk given by the much-admired gardener Helen Dillon at last Sunday’s Hardy Plant Society (Sussex Group) meeting. Drawing on over thirty-five years’ experience in her Dublin garden, Helen...
Saturday 20 March 2010
We’re delighted to welcome Alys Fowler to The Garden House on Saturday 10 July. Alys, the well-known writer and horticulturalist, and Gardener’s World presenter, will lead a workshop on the ‘edible garden’. “I want a beautifully productive garden that weaves...
Tuesday 16 March 2010
Plant Portraits opens on 2 April at Brighton’s Booth Museum (until 24 September 2010). Botanical artists can create images of extraordinary beauty images that convey a plant’s technical form and structure in ways that a photograph cannot. This exhibition, curated by...
Saturday 13 March 2010
In winter and early spring whilst you’re holding your breath waiting for some signs of new growth, it is all to easy to get impatient and despair. Yet we love this time of year the garden is laid bare, and...