As part of a new occasional blog series ‘Meet the Maker’ we speak to artist Kate Mercy about her collaboration with Denmans Garden and her up-cycling of glass panels taken from the Dutch light greenhouse erected at Denmans by Joyce [...]
PRESS RELEASE – December 2020 Sussex Gardens Trust ‘Unforgettable Gardens’ initiative 2020-22 Sussex Gardens Trust and its national body, The Gardens Trust is celebrating the theme of ‘Unforgettable Gardens’ over the next 3 years – what they mean to us, [...]
PRESS RELEASE – DECEMBER 2020 Historic England, August 2020 - The Best of England’s Post-War Parks, Gardens and Landscapes Protected Joyce Robinson was a pioneer in gravel gardening, and started using gravel after a trip to Greece where [...]
PRESS RELEASE – DECEMBER 2020 Cuttings: A cornucopia of gardening tips from famous, expert and green-fingered friends with a foreword by Alan Titchmarsh, has just been published by Gardening for the Disabled Trust. A wonderful collection of garden advice featuring [...]
John sketching on site in New York State. “Before setting pencil to paper ... I like to discover as much about the owners of the site as possible: their likes and dislikes, what they intend the garden for [...]
It was a great honour to be included in Clare Coulson's article in the Telegraph (14 November 2020) about three gardeners who reveal how they manage a pedigree plot....to read the entire article click here.
The autumn colours at Denmans are stunning, despite the year's dry spells. Autumn has arrived at Denmans and the array of colours shown by the turning leaves and the branches, stems and trunks of deciduous shrubs [...]
It's autumn and the garden is slowing down; alas, the Gardeners are not. Many winter projects are planned in addition to the routine seasonal tasks and, in this, the second year of our Biodiversity Programme we're increasing our efforts to [...]
The colours of autumn make the early days of lock down seem very far away. As the leaves change colour and fall from the trees, it seems very long ago that we prepared to reopen Denmans Garden to [...]
Annabelle hydrangeas were one of John's favourite plants. July is upon us at Denmans and we are very pleased and encouraged by the number of people visiting us in these testing times and all the lovely comments [...]
