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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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Summer and the festive season are coming...and nothing says is quite like hydrangeas!* Hello everyone, I am delighted to invite you to our TWILIGHT GARDEN VISIT & AFTERNOON TEA on SUNDAY 27 NOVEMBER. The last in our series of...

Maybe... Hello everyone, My how all of a sudden the months are hurtling along! I can't believe I'm inviting you to the final in the year of our scentsational seasonal series with CRAIG ANDRADE, aka THE RACONTEUR this time for...

Poppy pod after shedding its petals… Hello everyone, The long journey to the peony poppy crescendo is gaining pace, with a new specimen unfurling daily! The ruffled ones have joined the singles now, with a double here and there...some are clear...

A bygone 28 October…of course what eventuates this year will depend entirely upon Mother Nature! Hello everyone, Next in the rolling 'series of garden events' as promised is the MID-SPRING GARDEN VISIT & LUNCH on FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER. Hard...

Double, single or ruffled…each one unpredictable, each highly detailed and exquisite at every stage… Hello everyone, I am delighted to invite you, at last to a workshop that's been so very, very long in the planning: THE POETRY OF THE POPPY with artist ROSE...

Design studio plotting… Hello everyone, How delighted and excited I am to invite you to join Interior Designer ADELAIDE BRAGG here on FRIDAY 18 OCTOBER...at last! Thrice thwarted, this time nothing is going to stand in...

Some of last year's fabulous workshop characters! Hello everyone, It's time to release our much anticipated annual WILLOW WORKSHOP with PENNY SIMONS on FRIDAY 07 OCTOBER! That said, we never can be quite sure if it will...

Behind the wire…a beauty whose taste I'm not yet quite sure about! Hello everyone, Hot on the heels of the Insta Live conversation with Charlie Albone on Tuesday evening and with spring gathering apace, I thought it timely to release the...