THE MODERN MINT BLOG

May31

Further Reading For ‘Capture Carbon In Your Garden’

Capture Carbon In Your Garden is the title of our 2017 Chelsea Fringe project.

To help you find all the information you need about it, check out these links below:

Capture Carbon In Your Garden – explaining the project.

5 Ways To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Capture Carbon In Your Garden – the infographic!

Ditch The Power Tools – a favourite blog post!

Who Has Inspired Our Project?

My Country Is Carbon Negative

Use Less Fossil Fuels

Dalefoot Composts – Peat Free compost on the TV.

Have You Tried A Cycling Gardener?

50 Shades of Sustainability 

Buy Once, Buy Well

One Tree Planted, For Every Purchase In June – THIS IS IMPORTANT!

Update: Plant A Tree In The Modern Mint Grove – 152 & Counting!

There you have it then, our handy pillar post to guide you on making your garden a carbon sink.

Good luck!

For my topiary work, see here…

Jan30

Buxus the Norfolk Terrier In Modern Topiary Book

This is Buxus, our Norfolk Terrier, who I acknowledge in the acknowledgments of the book of Modern Topiary. The book of Modern Topiary can be read, for free, here. There you go. Buxus the dog on ‘doorstep duty’ at a friend’s house in Edinburgh. For those asking what he looked like!

Jan30

What People Think Of Modern Topiary, The Book

Yesterday I put out the book – Modern Topiary – that I have spent the last six years writing. Download for free a pdf of Modern Topiary here. And what seems amazing to me, is that not only have people actually been reading it, but then responding to it. So below are a number of comments I have been sent from those who read it last night, and this morning…. “Brilliant read, exactly the right amount of info to take in and digest.” Rachel, a gardener “Just finished reading – absolutely brilliant!” Camilla (she shared with me lots she highlighted) …

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Jan30

Modern Topiary Book

Over the last six years I have been writing a book. It is called Modern Topiary and I have finally finished it, and now made it available for people to read. This is the blurb on the back…. This is the topiary book I wish I had when I began trying to clip plants into a shape others would consider beautiful. Split into two parts – the craft and then the art of topiary – I have tried to share everything I know. It’s not a long book. I hope this gives you the foundation for good technique, alongside ideas …

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