Garden
The Garden at Poplar Grove is central to the ceramic work, the courses and to display and sell work at my annual exhibitions. It has evolved over twenty three years. The garden is primarily a domestic space and has an exhibition garden, scented garden, living roof and a sunken pebble mosaic 'cave'. The microclimates created by the buildings and suburban infrastructure provide ideal shelter for half hardy and tender planting, some of which is rare. Plants of note are Iochroma Australis, Paulownia Tomentosa, Melianthus Major, Azara, and Abutilons together with many other plants which are strong on form and texture.If the winter is kind to us this year, then Echium pinninana will flower, together with several hundred new tulips, hopefully when the garden is open for the NGS.
Publications
The garden has been featured in many press articles and on television. It also won the Sunday Times 'Back Garden of the Year' Competition for Best Established Garden. Click here to read the article.
The Independent
The Times
The Guardian
The Garden - the RHS magazine
'Dream Gardens' 2008 by Andrew Lawson
'The Historic Gardens of England' Cheshire volume 2009
Visiting
The garden is open for charity under the national Gardens Scheme. The dates for 2012 will be19/20 May. It is also open during my annual ceramic exhibition usually in June.It is also open by appointment in June.I also welcome group visits
