Christmas 2021

Updated I AM FOOD, Anthia Koullouros Hello everyone, How delighted I am to invite you to the next in my road to health via the garden path series of events and workshops. Intentionally following close on the heels of LATE SUMMER/EARLY AUTUMN in the KITCHEN GARDEN on SATURDAY 01 MARCH;…

February 2016, captured by Luisa Brimble…it’s long been a way of life… Hello everyone, As I carried out my daily watering routine and early morning kitchen garden inspection the other day, a passing thought occurred: as the long summer days journey towards yet another crop rotation, do you know? I’m not…

Zara…Las Ninas Textiles is coming to visit… Hello everyone, The words infectious enthusiasm…alongside spontaneous, madcap idea are those that spring to mind as I write to extend to you my very first invitation of the year! I hadn’t planned it, but those who have followed along here for a long time know...that I reckon the best…

The long wait between growing, picking, distillation and bottling is over! Hello everyone, I cannot begin to convey the absolute thrill of capturing the pure essence of botanicals in water…and thereby, in a bottle. From first growing and nurturing, to anticipating the season, then the auspicious day on which to collect; to the time-honoured labour of…

Seed to seed…the continuous cycle at play… Hello everyone, I’m guessing you all know by now that equations really are not my thing! But the simple words of one I scribbled down many moons ago have recently been swirling around my head with such voracity, that they have become impossible to ignore…

You knew it would have to be hydrangeas at this time! Hello everyone, Here we are again! Another year… A friend asked me this week how many it’s been since I began (with Kitchen Gardening Days) the round of events and workshops here at Glenmore House, to which I replied…

Lavender harvest Decenber 2023, image Bonnie Robertson Hello everyone, Well…summertime has arrived, marking the end of one helluva workshop and event-full year! I can’t pretend I’m not relieved at the prospect of downing the event-prep timetable and taking a breather but, before I do, I’ve just one more thing with which to…

Hello everyone, As the event and workshop year draw to a close, how I look forward to winding up with one to launch us into a reverie of summer dreaming…of lapping waves, billowing sails and exotic ports, when RICHARD & MATILDA DUMAS regale us next week, on FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER with a presentation about…

Crop rotation…a time of bounty and transition… Hello everyone, It’s at this time of year the kitchen garden has me in a whirl of excitement! With bountiful baskets contributing a profusion of produce to the kitchen bench, seasonal crop rotation ensures energetic exercise – as I shovel barrow-loads of compost…

A single Mutabilis rose bathed in early evening sunlight in the Dairy post Sofra… Hello everyone, What a whirl the post-winter season has been so far, the garden revealing daily treasure as the sequence of seasonal events, workshops and distillations come and go…alongside a multitude of spring gardening tasks that…