1<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charSet="utf-8"/><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"/><title>News | The Serge Hill Project</title><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,shrink-to-fit=no"/><link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png"/><link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon/favicon.ico"/><link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon/favicon-32x32.png"/><link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon/favicon-16x16.png"/><link rel="manifest" href="/favicon/site.webmanifest"/><link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon/favicon.ico"/><link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdn.sanity.io/"/><link rel="dns-prefetch" href="https://cdn.sanity.io/"/><meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#000000"/><meta name="msapplication-config" content="/favicon/browserconfig.xml"/><meta name="theme-color" content="#000"/><meta name="theme-color" media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" content="white"/><meta name="theme-color" media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" content="black"/><meta name="description" content="Notes from our Head Gardener with Millie Souter, The Plant Library 2The very first bulb to appear ever year within the first few days of January is Iris histrioides var. sophenensis from Northern Turkey. This plucky little bulb comes out in the depths of winter, kindly treating us to a delicate flush of azure purple when all other colour has faded and before all other has begun. It brings so much joy and is a timely reminder that spring is coming and a reminder to me that winter too has its own gems. 3Fruit tree pruning is due. The expert gardener and highly knowledgeable Mark Todd Hunter helped with this last year, but this year we are keeping it in-house. We have a mix of soft, hard and stone fruit trees in the Plant Library. Tom and Sue are particularly partial to the Comice pear, it is delicious. Tom has even taken to stewing large batches of the conference pears for lunch time dessert in the studio â we are all big fans of this! 4Becky our Project Coordinator has brilliantly this summer been to get our apple and pear harvest pressed and so the aforementioned Serge Project Apple and Pear juice was born. 5Most of the trees in the orchard were planted by Tom many years ago. We sadly opted to remove a couple of green gages as they were running too much into the beds. We have two mulberries that we tend to crown lift ever so slightly every year to allow more to grow underneath. There is a mature Egremont Russet apple tree that is always generous with its crop. 6We have a couple of damsons and the studio members enjoy devouring them every year leaving work on an evening with weighty bags full of fruit. Owing to studio member Victoire we have had the pleasure of jam! Thank you Victoire, it was delicious. 7Ahead with planning for this growing season and building the Plant Library database, we are very grateful to the 30 people who have already signed up to help with data collection. It's going to be a great year! "/><meta property="og:image" content="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/be80b3c6e6d80d18f725a066eab7603f478eb116-3680x2456.jpg?rect=0,267,3680,1923&w=1200&h=627&fit=crop&auto=format"/><meta name="next-head-count" content="6"/><link data-next-font="" rel="preconnect" href="/" crossorigin="anonymous"/><link rel="preload" href="/_next/static/css/2d62c4f255d82254.css" as="style"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/_next/static/css/2d62c4f255d82254.css" data-n-g=""/><link rel="preload" href="/_next/static/css/329441163fe27a05.css" as="style"/><link rel="stylesheet" href="/_next/static/css/329441163fe27a05.css" data-n-p=""/><noscript data-n-css=""></noscript>
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src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/de057b908931e359c2aea52786ad99c70140193e-1440x1800.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&h=900&q=75&w=1200" width="1200" height="900"/></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItemText__2Xjuz"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_categories__hrRxC"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_category__CyFlN">News</div></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_titles__uRtB4"><div>We need your vote! 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94s Horticultural Lead, Sophie McIntyre</div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_date__V7SWY">Friday 12 September 2025</div></div><div class="InternalLink_internalLink__PzoTc"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:space="preserve" id="long-arrow-right_svg__Layer_1" x="0" y="0" style="enable-background:new 0 0 100 15" viewBox="0 0 100 15" class="LongArrow_longArrowSVG__7aA14"><style>.long-arrow-right_svg__st0{fill:none;stroke-miterlimit:10}</style><path d="M0 7.5h98.5M91.5.5l7 7-.7.7-6.3 6.3" class="long-arrow-right_svg__st0"></path></svg><span>Read more</span></div></div></a><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItem__kPMzO"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItemImage__0GGsR"><img data-loading="true" alt="" loading="lazy" class="EventsIndexPageEvent_image__XQFyt" image="[object Object]" srcSet="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/af4b2e40cdea1956e05fa9446cc52d04cfdce8c5-3979x3202.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&h=225&q=75&w=300 300w, 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height="900"/></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItemText__2Xjuz"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_categories__hrRxC"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_category__CyFlN">Press</div></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_titles__uRtB4"><div>Case study: The Apple House by Okra</div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_date__V7SWY">Architects' Journal, 19 August 2025</div></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_linkWrapper__U9H4w"><a href="https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/specification/case-study-the-apple-house-by-okra" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="EventsIndexPageEvent_link__XgnSN">Read the article</a></div></div></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItem__kPMzO"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItemImage__0GGsR"><img data-loading="true" alt="" loading="lazy" class="EventsIndexPageEvent_image__XQFyt" image="[object Object]" srcSet="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/0db9fd2817c4862a92f3e22fc87e2692d69c0797-4032x3024.jpg?auto=format&fit=max&q=75&w=300 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src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/b4e7c0ee8ec2a1611f33a03c9dd944981184611e-1920x1440.gif?auto=format&fit=max&q=75&w=1200" width="1200" height="900"/></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItemText__2Xjuz"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_categories__hrRxC"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_category__CyFlN">News</div></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_titles__uRtB4"><div>Notes from our Head Gardener, Millie Souter, The Plant Library</div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_date__V7SWY">Thursday 7 August 2025</div></div><div class="InternalLink_internalLink__PzoTc"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:space="preserve" id="long-arrow-right_svg__Layer_1" x="0" y="0" style="enable-background:new 0 0 100 15" viewBox="0 0 100 15" class="LongArrow_longArrowSVG__7aA14"><style>.long-arrow-right_svg__st0{fill:none;stroke-miterlimit:10}</style><path d="M0 7.5h98.5M91.5.5l7 7-.7.7-6.3 6.3" class="long-arrow-right_svg__st0"></path></svg><span>Read 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https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/00a83a3b43633bdc13aaf191c0f3c82506296363-2600x1875.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&h=1350&q=75&w=1800 1800w, https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/00a83a3b43633bdc13aaf191c0f3c82506296363-2600x1875.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&h=1800&q=75&w=2400 2400w" src="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/00a83a3b43633bdc13aaf191c0f3c82506296363-2600x1875.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&h=900&q=75&w=1200" width="1200" height="900"/></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItemText__2Xjuz"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_categories__hrRxC"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_category__CyFlN">News</div></div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_titles__uRtB4"><div>The Serge Hill Project Summer Online Auction with artworks by Edmund de Waal, Romilly
94Saumarez Smith, Factum Foundation and a Group Garden Tour with Tom and Sue Stuart-Smith</div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_date__V7SWY">Tuesday 2 July 2025</div></div><div class="InternalLink_internalLink__PzoTc"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:space="preserve" id="long-arrow-right_svg__Layer_1" x="0" y="0" style="enable-background:new 0 0 100 15" viewBox="0 0 100 15" class="LongArrow_longArrowSVG__7aA14"><style>.long-arrow-right_svg__st0{fill:none;stroke-miterlimit:10}</style><path d="M0 7.5h98.5M91.5.5l7 7-.7.7-6.3 6.3" class="long-arrow-right_svg__st0"></path></svg><span>Read more</span></div></div></a><a class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItem__kPMzO Link_link__CQAoy" href="/news/notes-from-our-head-gardener-June"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItemImage__0GGsR"><img data-loading="true" alt="" loading="lazy" class="EventsIndexPageEvent_image__XQFyt" image="[object Object]" 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Millie Souter, The Plant Library</div><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_date__V7SWY">Wednesday 4 June 2025</div></div><div class="InternalLink_internalLink__PzoTc"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xml:space="preserve" id="long-arrow-right_svg__Layer_1" x="0" y="0" style="enable-background:new 0 0 100 15" viewBox="0 0 100 15" class="LongArrow_longArrowSVG__7aA14"><style>.long-arrow-right_svg__st0{fill:none;stroke-miterlimit:10}</style><path d="M0 7.5h98.5M91.5.5l7 7-.7.7-6.3 6.3" class="long-arrow-right_svg__st0"></path></svg><span>Read more</span></div></div></a><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItem__kPMzO"><div class="EventsIndexPageEvent_newsItemImage__0GGsR"><img data-loading="true" alt="" loading="lazy" class="EventsIndexPageEvent_image__XQFyt" image="[object Object]" srcSet="https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9dcwv191/production/7a9e1d3b7f0ae2cf5c372e51561f8e3462e4150a-1272x1018.jpg?auto=format&crop=entropy&fit=crop&h=225&q=75&w=300 300w, 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A London-based painter, Anne creates botanical banners using pigments bound with honey and gum arabic on handmade Japanese paper. Her work is a calligraphic exploration of natural forms, including plants, trees and flowers."}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"683b4f38a025","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"25299790c39d","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":""}],"markDefs":[],"style":"normal"},{"_key":"be578f8f30df","_type":"block","children":[{"_key":"153be8fbebc50","_type":"span","marks":[],"text":"Spanning dream and real worlds, Flower Light presents a visual response to the Plant Library, exploring gardens as spaces where inspiration and experience intertwine. 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