A Blackbird Sang - News – Tagged "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...

Aug 09, 2023
Jess Huband
Tags: Bird silhouette Blackbird Country Living Dragonfly Garden Stem Goldfinch News Poppy Pot Stem Robin Teasel Wren

"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).

Oct 02, 2022
Jess Huband
Tags: Art Artwork Bird Bird silhouette Birds Fence topper Garden birds Gate topper Leaf quote My Weekly News packaging RHS Chelsea Flower Show Wren

'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.

Feeding the birds and the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch

It’s an important time of the year for feeding the birds, both in our gardens and further afield. Read more about Genny's work with The Farmland Bird Aid Network and how to take part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021: What a joyous event!

We have just returned from a truly wonderful (and very tiring) RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021. Postponed from May 2020, RHS Chelsea 2021 was a historic event: Held, for the first time in its 108-year history, in September. Despite the challenges this posed to designers and growers, the planting throughout the Show site was beautiful: a strong naturalistic planting theme with masses of perennials (definitely the year of the Echinacea!) and grasses.

Oct 06, 2021
Jess the Marketing Gardener
Tags: Bells Christmas Garden design Genny Early Holly Ivy leaf Leaf quote Mistletoe News Partridge Planting design RHS Chelsea Flower Show Tony Davis Waddesdon Waddesdon Christmas Fair

Kirsty Allsop visits MyVisibleObject at Waddesdon Manor

I spent a lovely 10 days over two weeks at Waddesdon Manor's Christmas Fair. Kirsty Allsop dropped by filming for her UK Channel 4 Christmas production. She loved the mobiles, bowls and bunting. Here she is with one of our Hares Keyhooks. Sold out after she left! We've since changed our name to A Blackbird Sang - much better...