Above:  A large bush poppy growing outside of the cottage. Plant of the month:  bush poppy (Dendromecon rigida) John Brookes put a priority on planting plants with long bloom times and/or those that provided interest in more than one season.  [...]

Here is the news from Denmans Garden for April 2025!

Denmans Garden collaborates in a variety of ways with local artists, designers, and makers by hosting events and workshops and showcasing work in the Denmans Garden Gift Shop and garden. As part of an occasional series, we interview these artists [...]

  Zsofi from Nature Makers, Willow Weaving Workshops – ‘Meet the Maker’ Denmans Garden collaborates in a variety of ways with local artists and makers, be that through hosting events and workshops, showcasing work in the gift shop [...]

Oscar Romp, Denmans Artist-in-Residence 2024/25: Further Journals after a hiatus Figurative artist Oscar Romp is Denmans Garden’s current Artist-in-Residence. He began working at Denmans Garden at the end 2023.  Although his work continued through Autumn of 2024 there followed a [...]

Here is the News from Denmans Garden for March 2025 -- happy reading!

Above:  Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’ blooming in the Nut Walk.   There are several plants with fragrant winter flowers here at Denmans Garden and few of them are very showy.  In fact, most of them, like wintersweet and sweet box, have [...]

‘A fascinating play, excellently performed by Paula Tinker, ably accompanied by musician and lyricist John Gleadall’ londonpubtheatres.com ‘Poisoned Beds’ is a collaboration between two highly regarded theatre writers and will delight audiences with its clever combination of comedy and sadness, [...]

Above:  A large planting of Fatsia japonica 'Spider's Web' at the top of the Nut Walk brightens up an otherwise dark corner of the garden.   One hallmark of the planting designs created by Joyce Robinson and John Brookes was [...]

Above:  Some of our fabulous garden team at work setting up the plant sale.   The Denmans Garden February Plant Sale includes specially selected shrubs, grasses, ferns, and herbaceous perennials marked down as much as 50% while supplies last.  We [...]