Sunday 28 January 2018
OPEN GARDEN: Friday 2 March, 12 – 4pm Early spring opening to give you the opportunity to consider the winter/early spring garden, taking note of the bare structural forms that make up the garden. The Garden House is tucked away...
Tuesday 16 January 2018
January/February is the ideal time to look at the bare bones structure of your garden, and to make some decisions about what stays, what needs moving, and what just has to go – especially when it comes to trees. We...
Friday 5 January 2018
Amazingly we managed to pick all the below plants in bloom a few days ago. Not an ideal time for the garden, but despite all the slushy rain and greyness little bursts of colour are there to enthrall us. If...
Sunday 17 December 2017
Falling Snow by Alan Williams See how they fall An infinity of heavenly aspirations Come to convert the world With a deep and even purity. Sent to nullify and cleanse To enhance and beautify To muffle and calm With the...
Sunday 10 December 2017
Julia Widdows is a great Garden House friend who has volunteered to write a regular notebook on the fascinating subject of propogation (thank you Julia!). This is an area of horticulture that we just love not only does it involve...
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Join us here at the Garden House on Friday 08 December for mulled cider, stollen and carol singing (at 6.00), as well as classy presents from local makers and craftspeople. 3.00 7.00 pm Admission: £2.00 per person donation for Brighton’s Clock Tower Project,...
Thursday 2 November 2017
We’ve just returned from another fabulous Garden House trip to Japan, the land of carefully clipped, harmonious and meditative gardens. In amongst this sea of quiet green however, sits the beautiful Chrysanthemum, and what the Japanese can do with this...
Tuesday 24 October 2017
Join our two charity stitching sessions on Saturday 25 November, in aid of Maternity Worldwide – Saving Lives in Childbirth. Quilt designer Elizabeth Betts will be tutoring each session set in the peaceful surroundings of The Garden House, Brighton. She...
Monday 16 October 2017
What a wonderful few days we’ve had enjoying late summer planting and autumnal colours. One morning was spent at the fabulous Sussex Prairie Garden in Henfield with our Passion for Plants course. Here we were “walking on the wild side”...
Thursday 5 October 2017
Bring the joy of home grown seasonal produce and activities into your busy life! Our Celebration of the Seasons rolling course offers a mix of activities through the gardening year. Once a month, on Tuesday evenings, take the time to rediscover...
Saturday 23 September 2017
Visit the Garden House and support the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, Macmillan’s fundraising event for people facing cancer. All over the UK people will be hosting their own Coffee Mornings and donations on the day are made to Macmillan. Last year...
Saturday 9 September 2017
Bridgette’s dad Derek Saunders was featured on Gardeners World on Friday 15 September. A few weeks back presenter Frances Tophill and the film crew travelled to Norfolk to meet with Derek, who at 97, is still gardening every day. Derek...