Art In the Garden – Expressive Drawing, Wednesday, 29th August
Learn to draw expressively from botanical forms in the beautiful surroundings of Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden on Wednesday, 29th August – 10am-12 noon. Tuition from Kirsty Rae who will introduce you to the fabulous medium of Quink Ink, which provides a wealth of possibilities for both drawing and painting. The session is £15 and includes…
Redcurrant liqueur
We have a lot of redcurrants in the garden which are ready now. If you don’t fancy making your own Redcurrant jelly, this sounds quite pleasant 🙂 9oz/255g redcurrants, stripped from stems 9oz/255g brown sugar crystals 3 star anise 2 small pieces of fresh mint 1 ½ pints/750ml white rum Put all the ingredients in…
Elderflower Champagne
In June the Elderflowers are in bloom and a lovely way to take advantage of this is to make Elderflower Champagne which is very easy to make and really refreshing in this very hot weather. The Outreach Officer gave a sample that she made recently and it’s lovely. It only has about 1.5% alcohol content…
April 2018 Update
Hello. Now that the weather is (hopefully) warming up a bit it is a favourite time of year for many people. The birds are singing and busy nest-building and there is plenty of blossom about, even though some trees/shrubs won’t be in full leaf for another month. As well as the obvious cherry we can…