A Blackbird Sang - News — Tony Davis
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Despite the rain, it was another fantastic RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Press Day (which was, fortunately, beautiful weather) brought a very special visitor to our stand: Dame Judi Dench!
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!
'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
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'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
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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.
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.- Jess the Marketing Gardener
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