THE MODERN MINT BLOG
http://www.slideshare.net/vegplotting/shows-of-hands-for-chelsea-fringe-2014 Here is the wonderful Veg Plotting’s project for the Chelsea Fringe 2014. It is called Show of Hands. We’re on …
Garden Design App
If you google ‘Garden Design App’ a few options turn up. One for the I-Pad offers to help you create your perfect garden, and tells us it is easy to use. It offers choices of trees, plants, pavings, lawns… oh gosh, everything… but never once mentions logistical issues like soil amplitude, seasonal dynamics, companion plants or the effect of wind and rain on plant growth. That doesn’t mean it isn’t good, but what a ‘Garden Design App’ cannot do is the human work needed to create a garden. By human work, we mean creating atmosphere. Inspiring the owner. Giving confidence to people …
More Boys Toys (in honour of father’s day…)
Yesterday we wrote about Boys Toys in Chelmsford, today we want to expand on that… with a few more manly tools… Tripod ladders are a must – light to carry and get you right into the hedge, reducing the danger of over-stretching. Which you’re liable to do, if not at the start, then when you get tired and want to finish the hedge quickly… These are not a bad way to start, cut beautifully and feel good in the hand… Thinning shears or ‘dainty pruners’, these are useful for accurate cutting. Or getting the salad leaves in to go with …
A Garden Design Problem… and a Solution
You decide you need to sort out the garden, so call in a designer. You tell them what you want, what you like and they (if they’re good) help you discover possibilities you never knew existed. You get excited (if not, get another designer!) and you proceed with transforming your outdoors into something amazing. You stand on your new terrace, next to your new pond, looking out over your immaculate new lawn, feel the soft feathery leaf of the newly planted Mexican Feather Grass and sniff deeply the perfume of the roses from your new rose garden. Apples, plums and …