23 October – Late October Newsletter

A veritable hive of activity… Hello everyone, I think you all know by now how I’m inclined to be impetuous: when it comes to a good and timely idea I simply cannot resist!  Prompted entirely by the kitchen garden itself which is simply humming along (I’ve almost completed my part in

A glorious read…A Life in Garden Design, Paul Bangay Hello everyone, I am particularly excited to invite you to this very special event on WEDNESDAY 01 MAY for a CONVERSATION with PAUL BANGAY and…LUNCH by THE WHAT IF SOCIETY.  I’m sure Paul Bangay needs no introduction to most of you reading along here. Perhaps

Autumn bounty on the bench… Hello everyone, I just thought to pop in with a little event update on this Easter weekend (when I hope you’re able to take the opportunity for a few quiet days to breathe and restore) as we mark the end of the first busy chapter

Cook, poet, maker…Cade McConnell Hello everyone, I’m delighted to introduce CADE McCONNELL: cook, poet, maker, author…and to invite you to join us for a COOKING WORKSHOP, FEAST and POETRY on SUNDAY 14 APRIL.   I first came across Cade about 4 years ago and was inspired then by his reverence for nature, for Country, for food, ingredients, the manner

Just wait ’til you turn the pages of….Italian Coastal, by Amber Guinness Hello everyone, How very excited I am to invite you to an AFTERNOON and TWILIGHT SUPPER with AMBER GUINNESS author of ITALIAN COASTAL on SATURDAY 06 APRIL.  In collaboration with our dear friend Barbara Sweeney of Food & Words, who has been tasked by Amber’s publisher Thames &

A village feast awaits – a dazzling, gastronomic adventure through Lebanon with Sivine and Karima of Sunday Kitchen Hello everyone, How excited I am to invite you to join us for a Lebanese brunch in the garden on SUNDAY 03 MARCH: a morning of tasting and storytelling as we Feast on a Journey through

A happy sea of Echinacea, captured by Girl of My Garden…week one, Jan 2024. Hello everyone, And Happy New Year!  How I love the weather we’ve enjoyed here these last ‘quiet’ weeks…intermittent days of still and stifling heat with ‘calm before the storm’ afternoons, ballooning dark clouds, the shrill song

Hydrangeas fill my heart at this time of year… Hello everyone, I’d intended to send a full end of year wrap, but how the last weeks, months…have raced to the finish line…bountiful…in people, produce, flowers and food…conversation, knowledge and energy.  All of this is so at odds with both global and local disharmony, which

Gossamer threads in the dawn field last weekend…I estimate the lavender will be ready to pick in a fortnight… Hello everyone, As the year winds down to its natural summer close, I have just one more delightful workshop to tempt you before downing tools…and it’s a beauty! One in which you can abandon

It took me only 41 years to find a good purpose for the tureen…Soil to Table with The Land Gardeners! Hello everyone, My oh my what a whirlwind the spring has been so far! From Kitchen Gardening to Field of Flowers, Spring Perfumery and Art of Distillation Workshops (each a heady and