Musings and manuals from the making of our new organic food and flower garden at Moorfield, with all we learnt from our last one, Little Oak, and the story of how breathing new life into old farms and building them gardens, gave new meaning to our lives.
We are Pip & Hugo, horticulturist & my right hand, and our family, formerly of Life at Little Oak Farm, and this is the making of The Garden at Moorfield, our 5 acre organic food & flower garden around an 1862 homestead in the Australian countryside.
Learn, dream, eat, be inspired, idyllic days, has long been the descriptor for goings-on at Glenmore House. These few words also encapsulate my intention for posts on this platform, connecting the magic of the garden to home.
A part-time mapmaker, embracing frugal life & renovate a tiny old captains cottage in Tasmania with my Sarah. Navigating learning heirloom, finance & lifeskills while ticking off my โGlitterlistโ for the next 25 years. Well thats the plan.
A regular newsletter featuring inspirational travel destinations, glorious gardens, glamorous fashion and textiles, great design, intriguing new books and exhibitions, and the occasional garden and textile / fashion tour.
A cosy recommendations based memo from the Manson Podcasting Network to be read while lazing around on a Sunday, pref with a cup of something lovely in your hands.
Iโm a RHS Chelsea gold medallist and author sharing the simplest ways to garden. Join the community for weekly posts and chats, design guidance and gardening tips led by one of the UK's top garden designers.