THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Seaside gardens are fascinating and here at Modern Mint Garden Design we cannot wait for our first commission to work …
Gilding the Lily – Amy Stewart (Part Three)
Gilding the Lily by Amy Stewart is about the cut flower industry. It is a brilliant book, making you question the role cut flowers (essentially a luxury item, already dying before they even get packed to be transported to the shop) have in our lives. (Here you can buy Gilding the Lily. While here is Part One from our blog. And here is Part Two.) This blog shares Amy Stewart’s conversation with florist shop owner Teresa Sabankaya from Santa Cruz, California… “My whole thing with flowers started in the garden. I love to see plants going from seed to seed, you know? We had 11 acres in Bonny …
Modern Mint Shop
Modern Mint Garden Design has been up and running for almost 8 months now. As well as Garden Design services we also want Modern Mint to be a place to go to for interesting articles, garden knowledge AND we want to share with you in our shop products we love – products that are unusual, fun, sustainable and beautiful. We want to promote people and organisations that produce items based on their own individual creativity (check out this great arm chair), locally sourced or artisanal products (this from the potteries in Stoke on Trent, mugs to make you laugh), … and …
Modern Mint Environment
As a garden design company we at Modern Mint are always thinking about our relationship to the natural environment. We read writers like George Monbiot, Richard Mabey and Mark Lynas. We try to use our vehicles and power tools as little as possible. And we try very hard to educate clients in how to reduce their use of chemicals in the garden. But just how far can you go to ‘help the environment’ while living in UK society in 2014? Because to fit in, to live in anyway at all, requires you to consume – whether it is fuel, food with sugar …