This Saturday sees the first plant sale and open garden of the season with better weather predicted than today! Please come along to enjoy the beautiful garden and then revisit later in the year when it is in full bloom and see the difference! Open from 10.30 -14.30 for you to enjoy. There is another […]
This Saturday the garden is open for you to have a look around and there will be perennial plants for sale. It is a great time to plant perennials as the soil is warm from the summer and they can bed in well to thrive next spring/summer. The open garden and sale run from 10-4 […]
Saturday 5th August was a day for a creative workshop run by Louise Grassby making batik silk paintings. It was a cold wet day so we decamped from the garden to the kitchen and picked flowers from the garden as inspiration instead of being able to go round the garden. Batik pictures were created that […]
The Nurturenature garden enjoyed a very special afternoon yesterday with the wonderful Jackie Kay, award winning poet, novelist and playwright. There were two “sittings” as we had been oversubscribed for the first and it was a truly magical experience. The rain held off for the 2 o’clock session but we were treated to a downpour […]
A quick update on what is happening in the Nurturenature garden. There are a few places left for the poetry reading on Saturday 15th July both for the 2 o’clock and 4 o’clock sitting. Jackie Kay is a wonderful poet and reads beautifully so do come if you can manage it. For tickets contact me […]
A quick update about events……. We had a successful silk scarf making workshop on 23rd June with 10 participants facilitated by Louise Grassby and fun was had by all with beautiful scarves the products. Photos below. Next in line is the Jackie Kay poetry reading on July 15th. Already lots of people have signed up […]
Lovely to have had some warmth and sunshine. Amongst other things I have been planting out cosmos which have settled in well in a big raised bed and I am hoping to pick them before too long. The herbaceous borders have grown tremendously over the last week or so and will soon be bursting into […]
Silk scarf making workshop 23rd June
Apologies for the horribly long time since I last posted. I am really hoping that this time I can post regularly and keep everyone up to date with what is happening at NurtureNature. It has been a long time without posts and while the garden has continued to be developed to make it a healing […]
It is far too long since I wrote on the blog but a joy to be sitting writing in the sunshine with a view of the garden and surrounded by birdsong. Goldfinch are coming and going at the feeder nearest to me, enjoying nyjer seed their particular favourite and the scent from miniature narcissi in […]
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