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Art of Distillation with Jill Mulvaney
Jill at work….Alembics Lab Hello everyone How excited I am to release a one day ART OF DISTILLATION WORKSHOP with JILL MULVANEY of ALEMBICS LAB NZ on TUESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER. Our two-day workshop the prior weekend sold out so quickly when news trickled out...
Spring Perfumery with The Raconteur
Of garden sprigs and candles…. Hello everyone How I've been looking forward to releasing details of this year's SPRING PERFUMERY & CANDLE MASTERCLASS with CRAIG ANDRADE, aka THE RACONTEUR on SUNDAY 22 OCTOBER! It's the only workshop of its kind in this...
Rose Geranium Workshop no. 2
Bursting... Hello everyone What enormous fun we had almost a fortnight ago at the very first ROSE GERANIUM HARVEST & DISTILLATION WORKSHOP! As I mentioned at the time of releasing that day...'tis the season and the plants in the field are simply...
Bread & Butter, Holly Davis
That illusive sourdough starter will be yours... Hello everyone Last week I alluded to an upcoming sprinter cooking workshop and almost on cue the season seems to be turning! It's with enormous delight that I invite you...
Scented Spring
Something to look forward to... Hello everyone As we enjoy the chill mornings, fire-lit evenings; crisp, sparkling (and thankfully the odd cosy, grey & wet!) day, I thought it a good opportunity to let you know my thoughts on the season ahead. Whilst I'm...
Rose Geranium Workshop
Gathering Pace... Hello everyone I'm super excited to invite you to the first ever ROSE GERANIUM HARVEST & DISTILLATION WORKSHOP here at GLENMORE HOUSE on SATURDAY 15 JULY. To date I've run my ROSE GERANIUM DISTILLATIONS on my...
Scone Garden Follow Up
One of Barbara's beauties...(image: Alan Benson) Hello everyone What a fun response to last week's newsletter, releasing two morning SCONE SESSIONS with BARBARA SWEENEY at our EARLY WINTER GARDEN VISIT on SUNDAY 25 JUNE! As a...
Scone Garden
One of Barbara's beauties…(image Alan Benson) Hello everyone As the autumn chill set in some weeks ago and the leaves turned to golden hues...I got a hankering...for scones! I guess I could have just made a batch but instead my thoughts turned to BARBARA...
Rag Rug Workshop
Rag rug braiding… Hello everyone An unexpected opportunity to host a RAG RUG WORKSHOP with artist ILKA WHITE on SUNDAY 09 JULY has popped up and I simply couldn't resist the temptation to say yes...let's do it! What a fabulous...
Late Autumn Update from Glenmore House
Peek-a-boo... Hello everyone I realise I've been a bit quiet on the newsletter front of late, so thought I'd drop you a little update. The reason for lack of communication being the delightful run of late summer / early autumn events alongside some...
Last Call Garden Visit & Simmone Logue
Early Autumn Crimsons at play... Hello everyone Last call...for our EARLY AUTUMN GARDEN VISIT this SUNDAY 02 APRIL with SIMMONE LOGUE! We have just a handful of places left and will go ahead rain, hail or shine (who'd have thought a...
Danielle Alvarez at Glenmore
Cook, author, presenter...Danielle Alvarez... Hello everyone I am simply delighted to invite you to share a day in the company of DANIELLE ALVAREZ on SATURDAY 22 APRIL for COOKING and a beautiful AUTUMN LUNCH. Best known for...
April Garden Visit & Simmone Logue
The Borders in autumn hue… Hello everyone I'm delighted to invite you to the next in our series of intimate garden events. The first for 2023, this time it's early autumn and one of my very favourite times of the year. SUNDAY 02 APRIL is the weekend before Easter,...
A Morning in the Kitchen Garden with Mickey
The season journeys… Hello everyone I invite you to join me for a MORNING in the KITCHEN GARDEN on SATURDAY 18 MARCH. It occurs to me (given all my recent excitement about the Field of Flowers and Botanical Waters) that you might be...
Textile Tales with La Grosse Toile
From sacking to silk... Hello everyone How excited I am to kick off the year with an event as rare as the antique pieces JOHANNA MACNAUGHTAN of LA GROSSE TOILE collects, on FRIDAY 10 MARCH. Who? I hear some of you say! But for others,...
New Year 2023
Field of Flowers…in the lead-up to Christmas… Hello everyone! Well...here I am back at my desk and sending you a heartfelt (if belated) happy new year. I hope you had a chance to take some time out, to down tools and revitalise since last we were in...
FESTIVE WISHES from GLENMORE HOUSE
Hello everyone, Wishing you all a wonderful, restorative festive season and summer holiday… Thank you to all who visited Glenmore during the course of this year, whether to participate in a workshop or the series of intimate garden events - how I loved seeing you...
Lavender Harvest
Lavender, sweet lavender… Hello everyone, I can hardly believe the year is drawing to a close... And yet... Whilst I was about to write you a little wrap of the year with festive wishes (they will come!) I got distracted and...
Follow-up Twilight Garden Visit
Summer and the festive season are coming…and nothing says is quite like hydrangeas!* Hello everyone, In yesterday's excited Field of Flowers frenzy, I realise I included the wrong date for the TWILIGHT GARDEN VISIT & AFTERNOON...
Field of Flowers Workshops
Of Colour, perfume...and play... Hello everyone, I'm near bursting at the seams to share news with you about the FIELD of FLOWERS WORKSHOPS! They've been on my far horizon for so very long...(I first had to grow the field!) and...