THE MODERN MINT BLOG
This book – Do We Need Pandas – is one of our favourite Ken Thompson books (the other is No Nettles …
Around the World in 80 Gardens – Monty Don
‘Around the World in 80 Gardens’ is a television series and book by Monty Don. He does exactly what the title says – travels all over the globe visiting remarkable gardens. Some he walks away from bouncing with excitement, others he is disappointed with, but never once do you feel he hasn’t appreciated the chance to see a new garden or left having not learnt something. It is a book we have come back to again and again, each short chapter giving enough information about a garden philosophy and its maker to inspire our spirit of imagination – like this quote from …
Gardens of Inspiration
Gardens of Inspiration explores the influences of 15 of the best garden writers, including Christopher Lloyd, Mirabel Osler and Dan Pearson. Photos are by Vivian Russell, who wrote Monet’s Garden: Through the Seasons at Giverny: Behind the Scenes and Through the Seasons Each essay certainly gives an insight into the personality of its writer, as they open up about how they treat the landscape and why they are motivated to work in this way. Beth Chatto writes beautifully about Cedric Morris, and how, “… one winter evening… I was stunned to hear Cedric say I would never make a good …
Chelsea Fringe – It’s A Wrap!
Our Chelsea Fringe project ‘You Should Have Seen It Last Week…’ is now finished and up on the website, where you can see all the pictures taken by our brilliant collaborators… collaborators who hailed from all corners of the globe. Their efforts were brilliant and the body of work fascinating – when flicking through the photos you get this record of nature in fast forward – it not only provokes comment (‘hey look, the colour of the sea today!’) but makes you question how worthy a plant may be (‘that peony took nearly three weeks to flower, then finished in two days…’) We also …