There are few garden experiences more profound than catching an unexpected whiff of floral fragrance on a winter’s day: Unexpected because winter is perceived to be an austere season to be endured, distinguished by cold grey days, miserable weather, and [...]

An Interview with Oscar Romp, Figurative Artist and Denmans Garden Artist-in-Residence 2024 The internationally renowned British landscape designer, John Brookes MBE, moved to Denmans Garden in 1980.  A Modernist greatly influenced by painters such as Piet Mondrian and Ben Nicholson, [...]

Camellias were one of John Brookes’ go-to plants both for structure and winter colour.  He loved the fact that camellias bloom for such a long period of time. Our plant-of-the-month this December is Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ which was one of [...]

Head Gardener Jonathan Arnold cleaning out the river beds with the gardeners and volunteers at Denmans Garden. PRESS RELEASE 9 November 2023   The Royal Horticultural Society announced today that Denmans Garden, an RHS Partner Garden, has been named the [...]

Our plant of the month this November is the Persian Ironwood tree (Parrotia persica) that grows behind the Cottage here at Denmans Garden.  Planted by the Robinsons in 1948, this specimen has multiple trunks some of which stand about 45 [...]

Christmas for every child. That’s the goal. Samantha Tanner, Charity Manager at Wave 105 Cash for. Kids - the team behind Mission Christmas  explains that  'Mission Christmas is here to support children living in poverty across the south who would [...]

Jo Dowers working in the Walled Garden in mid-spring.   The connection between art and the garden were of tremendous interest to the creators of Denmans Garden, Joyce Robinson and John Brookes MBE, and is manifest in the garden in the [...]

Sternbergia lutes growing at the bottom of the dry riverbed.   One of the gardener’s great challenges is to keep the garden full of colour as summer gives way to fall and most perennials begin to die back.  There are several bulbs, [...]

A waterfall, part of a vast, finished water garden in Pawling, New York. Denmans Garden, which John Brookes MBE called home from 1980-2018, is also where he ran his Clock House School of Garden Design. This month marks what would [...]

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 and garden or through providing inspiration and materials. As part of an occasional series, [...]