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Sally Nex is a writer at The Garden magazine, the Guardian, Grow Your Own magazine as well as teaching at …
Our Favourite Tweets From The Earth Friendly Gardener
As you know by now, we are big fans of John Walker, the earth friendly gardener. He writes: Fantastic Books Excellently Researched Blog Posts And Tweets Quite A Bit Too! Here is a small selection of his most recent tweets. Do give him a follow! Interesting project cultivating meadow habitat in urban Oslo – plus the biodiversity and skills that come with it… https://t.co/PwO1yuk7JN — Judith Conroy (@JCGardener) September 3, 2017 Tough to quit #plastic if you’re a #gardener in the UK. Big #Gardening routinely drowns us in the stuff & few signs of it abating. https://t.co/bvBpDr0N9P — John Walker …
All Gardens Great & Small, With Miranda Hart
So here we have a new programme – All Gardens Great And Small – with the comedienne Miranda Hart and her gardening mother, Dee Hart-Dyke. You can watch the first episode here on More4. And here we are with our tools out, soaking up the sunshine on the day of filming. The #tools #garden #pruning #topiary #sunshine #work A post shared by ModernMint (@modernmintshop) on May 15, 2017 at 5:41am PDT But why would you watch All Gardens Great And Small? Why especially this first episode? Because you can see the wonderful work of our friend, topiary artist Charlotte Molesworth, …
Suryalila, Near Seville In Spain
Modern Mint recently spent a week at Suryalila, in the south of Spain. They are a yoga retreat centre who own a piece of the Andalusian countryside, where they are trying to create a garden that can provide 70% of the food they will use in the centres kitchen. A difficult task when they are battling the difficulties of rocky soil, steep slopes, winter downpours and 44 degree celsius heat during the summer months. Oh, and there is no protection from the wind either. In 6 years they already have thriving fig trees, they make their own olive oil, the …