Friday 6 May 2016
Another in our series of features highlighting just a few of our favourite gardens. Tucked away behind the elegant Chelsea facades of SW3 sits London’s secret garden, the delightful Chelsea Physic Garden, London’s oldest botanic garden. The garden is...
Sunday 1 May 2016
We recently enjoyed a visit to these beautiful gardens when they were open for the NGS (National garden Scheme) – and as the garden will be open again on 13 and 27 June, and on 8 August, we thought we...
Saturday 23 April 2016
We feel this is one of the most exciting times of year in the garden as April and May bring both the chance to see the structural forms and the potential of the colourful and productive months to come. And...
Sunday 17 April 2016
Have you been saving broken china bits and pieces ready for the day that you’ll start that mosaic masterpiece? Why not bring them along to the Garden House and be inspired by local mosaic artist Sue Samways. A mosaic will...
Saturday 9 April 2016
Opening for the National Garden Scheme and in the ‘yellow book’ – the Garden House is tucked away in the heart of the city and really is a secret garden – in Victorian times a working market garden. Always a great...
Sunday 27 March 2016
A few weeks ago we enjoyed another great talk by Rosy Hardy, founder in 1988 of the independent nursery Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants based in the beautiful Hampshire village of Freefolk near Whitchurch. The nursery specializes in growing wide range...
Monday 21 March 2016
We feel privileged and excited to be supporting this wonderful film made by GH friend Cathy Maxwell, and her colleague Sylvie Collier. The film ‘Tasting My Future’ traces the progress of a group of women refugees for whom the language...
Sunday 13 March 2016
Now is the ideal time to prepare for growth by creating structures that will support growing grasses, perennials and vegetables and the ideal materials to use are those that will blend beautifully into your plantings. At the Garden House we...
Sunday 6 March 2016
Of the many early spring flowering shrubs and trees, we have some particular favourites at the Garden House. In flower at the moment in our garden is the very beautiful Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn. This superb RHS AGM variety has...
Monday 29 February 2016
As we all know, its so important to keep on top of the many jobs in the garden and vegetable bed, especially at this time of year. So we thought our readers would find useful our new at-a-glance summary of...
Sunday 21 February 2016
Our ongoing course, A Celebration of the Seasons, is well underway – each month a seasonal dinner, talk of the month’s delights and tasks an opportunity to appreciate and embrace the changes in the seasons, and explore how to make...
Sunday 14 February 2016
Few hardy shrubs signal the end of winter better than camellias, the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) ‘Plant of the Moment’ for February, providing some welcome colour through late winter and into early spring. Highly valued for their stunning floral displays...