Open garden and Creative writing workshop

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 […]

Nurturenature is back

Things have been very quiet over the wet grey months of winter that have made time in the garden less joyful than usual. Thankfully we have now got the benefit of sunshine days and warmth and a feeling that summer might be approaching Spring tulips look beautiful in the nurturenature garden, some in pots, some […]

A special day with Jackie Kay

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 […]

Don’t worry about weather

Shame about awful weather today but forecast is better for tomorrow though still some rain forecast. However, we have a waterproof gazebo which has successfully kept chairs dry today even with today’s rain so looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Probably sensible to wear waterproofs to look around garden but everything going ahead as […]

Poetry reading

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 […]

Beautiful sunshine

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 […]