Photos from Open Garden 2012

See a selection of photos from this year's Open Garden event on Flickr.

Thank you again to everyone who contributed to make the event such a success.

A Huge Thank You...

...to everyone who attended the open garden event this weekend.  We raised over £700 for the Fire Fighters Charity!  So thank you for your donations and positive comments.


Thank you also to all our friends and family who gave their time to help make the event a success - we couldn't have done it without you!


More photos will be published soon.

Sunshine and Flowers!

Perfect weather for the open garden! Come along 21st or 22nd July and make the most of the sunshine. Open from 2-5:30pm each day.

Tea, coffee and home made cakes available in Mrs C's Tea Room.

Entry costs just £3 for adults, children go free. All profits go to The Fire Fighters Charity

Full address: Stone House, Linley Green, Whitbourne, Worcester, WR6 5RG

Time for Tea!

Only one week to go until Stone House Open Garden 2012!  While the weather recently has not been ideal for outdoor pursuits, we've been working on getting our tea room ready, so that our visitors can enjoy the garden whatever the weather.

The tea room is in a new venue for 2012 - we've converted the large shed right in the heart of the garden, which means that visitors can enjoy their refreshments amongst our herbs and sweet peas.


As well as fitting out the tea room, we've gone tea pot and tea cosy crazy, as these photos will testify!  A lot of work has gone into some of these knitted creations, so thank you to all our friends and family who have helped out with this.

We look forward to seeing you on 21st or 22nd July, come rain or shine, for a cup or tea or coffee and a slice of homemade cake!

The Art of Gardening

Less than 3 weeks to go until Stone House Open Garden 2012 on 21-22 July!  We want to keep the garden ever-evolving, as is fitting for a living space, so many projects will go on beyond the open garden event, although we hope that these works in progress will provide interest and inspiration at the open garden event.

Take our living willow sculptures.  There are a number of these around the garden, including a bower, seats and a highly ambitious viking long ship, rolling in the waves of meadow grasses.  Working with willow is always fun and rarely seems to be predictable, resulting in sculptures that literally take on a life of their own.

One piece of art that will be finished for the open garden event is the mosaic wall, designed to provide interest in the central area of the lawn.  The pictures below show progression of this, although you will have to visit the garden to see the finished piece!