Author: Joanna Hazelton
How to Cure your Clay Chiminea to Prevent Cracking
10 April 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
It’s important you season or cure your new chiminea before use. Curing a clay chiminea hardens the clay, helping prevent cracks forming when it is being exposed to high temperatures. Step One Put a few inches of sand in the bottom of your chiminea and build up a small fire slowly using balls of paper. […]
Bailey’s Dipped Toasted Marshmallows. One Good Reason to Have a Chiminea! My Guide to Choosing a Chiminea
8 April 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
The ambience from the glimmering light, the warmth radiating from the flickering flames as the sun goes down, the marshmallows drizzling with Baileys, ready to toast. Now that’s the perfect setting for a summer’s evening in the garden. And that’s why you need a chiminea. *Check out our range of stunning chimineas* What is […]
My Top Picks to Bring Your Garden to Life This Spring and Summer
28 March 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
It won’t be long now. The snow, sleet and gloomy evenings will soon be a distant memory and you’ll be frolicking in the garden before you know it! So with that in mind here are 4 ways you can bring your garden to life this spring and summer together with my top picks to help […]
On International Women’s Day, Be Inspired by Mary Reynolds, The Youngest Person to Win a Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal
8 March 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
With her inspirational story now immortalised in the 2015 film Dare to Be Wild, Mary Reynolds is the young Irish gardener who, at 27, took the Chelsea Flower Show by storm and became the youngest person ever to win the gold medal. Her evocative Celtic Sanctuary, with its 500 wild plants, 200 year old hawthorns, […]