‘To rely entirely on planting as the backbone of a garden for the whole year is asking too much.’ So wrote award-winning landscape designer John Brookes MBE (1933–2018) for House & Garden Magazine in 1963, in which he laid out [...]
The Walled Garden as it is this month, featuring Beschonaria yuccoides, Euphorbia wulfenii, tulips, and many other beautiful perennials, shrubs, and trees. When Mrs. Robinson left for a cruise through the Greek Islands on the 29th of April 1969, she [...]
We recently bought five unusual ferns to plant in the Nut Walk and they arrived this week, much to our excitement. Billed to grow over up to 2 metres tall and just under a metre wide, we think the ferns, [...]
PRESS RELEASE - March 2021 Denmans Garden to participate in the National Garden Scheme Open Days 2021 What better way is there this year to support Britain’s health care workers than spending time enjoying private gardens through the National Garden [...]
PRESS RELEASE – March 2021 RHS Partner Garden of the Year 2021 Feel Good Garden Are we your RHS Partner Garden of the Year 2021? If the challenges of the past year have taught us anything, they have [...]
‘In a sense, restoring the garden is part gardening, part archaeology, and part magic.’ Once neglected and closed to the public, Denmans Garden has undergone significant restoration in the past three and half years, an effort that has brought the [...]
It won't be long now -- spring is not far away! It’s March 1st here at Denmans, and after a very pleasant last week of February weather, it’s amazing to see the response of bulbs and plants alike in [...]
John Brookes loved working around the world and, near the end of his life, especially enjoyed his working visits to Russia where he had many friends and fabulous clients. He built several gardens in Russia, including an exhibition garden, and [...]
PRESS RELEASE – January 2021 Broadcast Radio Interview – Talking News ‘An oasis of green calm’ Just before lockdown last year Chichester Area Talking News Radio host Geoffrey Archer interviewed Gwendolyn van Paasschen about the work she [...]
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 [...]
