A Blackbird Sang - News
Goldfinch on Teasel Garden Stem featured in Country Living!
Our Goldfinch on Teasel Garden Stem has been featured within the September 2023 edition of Country Living! Read more...- Jess Huband
- Tags: Bird silhouette Blackbird Country Living Dragonfly Garden Stem Goldfinch News Poppy Pot Stem Robin Teasel Wren
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023: A year of firsts…
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 saw a number of firsts in the prestigious Flower Show’s history…Read our blog post!
Over £2,000 raised for 5 charities in 2022! Art for Charity fundraising update
We are very proud to announce that, with your ongoing support, we have raised over £2,000 for five charities throughout 2022! Read more.
A look back on 2022... And plans for 2023!
Whilst planning for 2023 we've had the opportunity to look back on 2022, not something we often get the chance to do whilst in the thick of it. And what a year it was!
Stop all the Locks - A Poem about River Pollution
Following on from a recent presentation by Windrush Against Sewage Pollution (W.A.S.P.), Tony was inspired to write Stop All the Locks - A Poem about River Pollution. Watch and listen to Tony's poem, set to music by Nick Hooper, here.
Public Art Project: Willow Leaf Bench in Stonesfield, West Oxfordshire
This bench was commissioned by Stonesfield Parish Council as a functional art piece. An original concept by Genny, the willow leaf measures 2.4 metres in length. Overlooking the Evenlode valley, it features a local stretch of the winding River Evenlode, a tributary of the River Thames. Also included are lines from Hillaire Belloc's poem The Evenlode.- Jess Huband
"Best Buy": Our Wren was featured in My Weekly!
Our Wren bird silhouette has been chosen as the "Best Buy" of the "Bring Art to Your Garden" section of My Weekly magazine (No. 5640, Aug 30 - Sep 6, 2022).
RHS Chelsea 2022: Our stand's planting
We've had lots of lovely compliments and questions about the planting on our stand at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2022. Designed, supplied and installed by Shaun Beale and his colleagues (Ben and Mandie) at Longstock Park Landscapes & Nursery (Leckford Estate), here's some close-up photos and a little more detail on some of the plants featured.- Jess Huband
- Tags: Fern Ferns Hare Longstock Park Landscapes Planting design Plants RHS Chelsea Flower Show Sculpture Wildflowers
'The Dene' Wildflower Meadow Restoration Project
We live and work in a cottage called 'Dene Edge' in Stonesfield, a village in West Oxfordshire, with the field behind our home and studio being called 'The Dene'. We have recently leased 'The Dene' from the Blenheim Estate for an initial period of 5 years with the aim of restoring the biodiversity of this 1.4 acres of grassland, to bring back the wild flowers, butterflies, bees and other invertebrates. Wild flower meadows are one of the rarest habitats in the UK and we have lost 97% of our wild flower meadows since the 1930s.- Genny Early
- Tags: Amphibians Bees Biodiversity Birdsfoot Trefoil Bugle Butterflies Devils Bit Scabious Genny Early Grazing Great Burnet Hay Invertebrates Knapweeds meadow Meadow Buttercup Meadowsweet Nesting birds News Quaking Grass Ragged Robin Reptiles restoration Salad Burnet Scabious Stonesfield Tony Davis Wetland Wild Thyme wildflower Wildflowers
'The Longstock Way' Showcase Garden at BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair
At the BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair at Beaulieu in April we were delighted to collaborate with Shaun Beale, Nursery & Landscape Manager at Longstock Park Landscapes (part of the Waitrose & Partners Farm on the Leckford Estate), on 'The Longstock Way' Showcase Garden. Read more...- Jess Huband
- Tags: Art Artwork BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair Beaulieu Bittern Commission Fly fishing Garden design Gardeners Genny Early Horticulture Kingfisher Leckford Estate Longstock Park Landscapes Mayfly Planting design Reed Warbler River Test The Longstock Way The Test Way Tony Davis Trout Waitrose & Partners Farm Wall art Wall Screen
A Blackbird Sang artwork helping to raise awareness and funds for charities
We are very proud to be raising awareness and funds for three charities via the display and sale of our artwork.
