THE MODERN MINT BLOG
This is the third year we have been selling Organic Bulbs here at Modern Mint. We have always been …
Making & Maintaining Topiary – Help From Modern Mint
Topiary Service Modern Mint offers a topiary service. This means you contact us asking for a helping hand. It can be a shrub, hedge or small tree. Darren (that’s me) will then visit you and work out how to make it look great. Architectural. Lighter. A thing of beauty. Formal Topiary? Or Organic? There are a few different styles of topiary, and as with any art each ‘pruner’ will bring their own imagination to bear on the piece they make. Two of the most distinct schools are the formal and the organic. Organic topiary is where you allow the plant …
Ivo Graham
Ivo Graham is a comedian. We met him, and some of his family, last year at a Christmas Fair. He bought a gift for his father (a log gobbler, which he thought his dad would find funny….) and in the process of buying it also supported the charity the Christmas Fair was raising money for. He was a lovely chap and laughed a lot. We like that in our customers….! Then lo and behold, here he is, providing 30 minutes of funny on the BBC – check it out: Ivo Graham – Live from the BBC He will also be …
Roses – Another One For People Who Plant For Bees
We are currently writing a book about plants that do a great job of Helping The Honeybee. This means we are always on the lookout for flowers that are attractive to our little, honey making friends. This week we have heard plenty of buzzing coming from: Dead nettle Helenium Alliums Veronicastrum Escallonia Plus we glanced in a magazine and saw a note about bees preferring dark flowers when they forage in the shade. We will research this a little more for you, but worth making a note of and thinking about right now if you have a dark patch of …