THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Woodsman – Ben Law
It is easy to stay up late into the night reading this lovely little book by Ben Law – Woodsman. …
Tree Surgery, Essex
Alongside garden design Modern Mint also offer tree surgery as a service to our clients. This is a Eucalyptus we removed in a garden near Gidea Park. The client gave us a brilliant testimonial, which you can see in full if you follow the link to our page on the Best of Chelmsford on the website footer. But here is a snippet of what they said about us… “The work was done to a high standard and the area left in a very clean state. I liked the fact that I was able to arrange a free consultation during which …
Where To Buy Seed
For those of you asking where we buy our seed, we have put together a list of seed houses for you – so you too can sow a meadow. At Modern Mint we are finding more and more that instead of supplying our clients with mature plants they want us to put in something smaller, or even grow from seed. Perhaps it is a design trend? Or maybe a cost saver – after all, when you grow from seed you are not paying the nurserywoman for years of her time… It does have its pitfalls though – seeds must be …
Taking Cuttings – Marina Christopher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-aRt-Anqg If you want more of a particular plant then a cheap way to get them is by taking cuttings. And the best way for us to show you is by offering you this short video nurserywoman Marina Christopher made. The video is fun – we have always loved watching nurserywomen and men performing their craft, seeing these well-honed movements and agile fingers practising what they have done in all likelihood thousands of times. The dexterity is amazing, the confidence with which they manipulate the plant material showing just how close a relationship they have with plants. Marina runs Phoenix …