FESTIVE WISHES from GLENMORE HOUSE

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

Hello everyone, How super excited I am to invite you to join RICHARD & MATILDA DUMAS here on FRIDAY 29 NOVEMBER for a presentation and conversation about their extraordinary sailing adventure: A YEAR on EL ORO. What a way I thought, as our attention turns to balmy days (and by then the fast approaching festive and holiday

‘everything will be beautiful in the end, and if it’s not beautiful, it is not the end’, India Flint Hello everyone, Confounding! No matter how many workshops INDIA FLINT has run here over the years, when it comes to describing what is likely to occur I must simply defer to her, because India’s realm is

Sofra…a collection of recipes alongside stories, culture and community Hello everyone, I’m delighted to invite you to join me, alongside new authors KARIMA and SIVINE of SUNDAY KITCHEN to celebrate their just released book SOFRA on the afternoon of SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER.  And a celebration it promises to be! Some of you attended the wonderful Feast on a

As petals wither and drop, newly pollinated blossom reveals tiny apricots in the making… Hello everyone, Whilst visions like this may have me dreaming ahead (think warm, sun-ripened, rosy-cheeked fruit) I am truly delighting in the present, as each new leaf and blossom unfurls, and my daily picking time is

Following a thoughtful garden path, with Colleen Southwell, The Garden Curator Hello everyone, What a treat I have in store for gardeners-to-be, gardeners-at-heart and/or old-hand gardeners who are bound to enjoy the opportunity to immerse in some well conceived, heartfelt inspiration…for how our gardening minds love to meander, just as

All set for Sunday’s Thankful for Soil lunch… Hello everyone, How delighted I am to see and hear first hand responses from yesterday’s Thankful for Soil event. The most repeated word peeps have mentioned is that they feel energised as a result of the day and are thinking on what they might do to apply some

Phoebe with her Almanac... Hello everyone, As winter gives way to that lovely in-between season we call sprinter, the pieces have literally just fallen into place for the most exciting and timely invitation I can possibly present: a LUNAR CULTIVATION WORKSHOP with PHOEBE EAST of ALCHEMILLA on SATURDAY 24 AUGUST. I'm sorry not to be giving you more notice but...I encourage…

The Stones. Central Victoria Hello everyone, How excited I am to invite you to a very special event that’s been in the wings for awhile…there have just been some logistics and arm-twisting involved! At last though, we have a date for what I know will be a compelling presentation by JEREMY