THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Hardy orchids – here is a subject I would love to know more about – so lo and behold, James Wong …
Open Garden Charlotte Molesworth 2019
Balmoral Cottage is the garden of my topiary mentor Charlotte Molesworth. She will be opening her garden in 2019 on the following dates: April 7th May 5th September 22nd September 29th For the NGS Yellow Book. Highly recommend you visit as it is a fantastic garden, grown over 34 years and completely organic. Dates are still to be confirmed for the South East Open Studios. But they will be open sometime in late spring to showcase Charlotte paintings, as well as sculptural work for the garden by other artists local to this part of Kent. The Potting Shed Holiday Let, …
Notes From ‘A Very British Garden’
My new talk for 2019 ‘A Very British Garden’ has now been given to a few garden clubs in the UK. If you wish to book me for another talk, then you can find my talk subjects here – Garden Club Speaker. A Very British Garden Is about what I see when I work on gardens in the UK, the problems that I am consistently asked to solve – like bare fences, smelly compost, why boxwood plants are being defoliated and how come slugs are eating all the lettuce…. It has been great fun to write and I hope you …
Creature Candy – Helping Nature In The UK
Just a quick note to let you know about this lovely company – Creature Candy. We have some of their tea towels and think they do some beautiful designs, all inspired by nature. Lizzie, who started the company, is very lovely and you should definitely go check out their products and support them. The first reason, as I said, because the items you can buy are great. But also…. Because Creature Candy was started to raise awareness for declining wildlife species here in the UK. We are talking bats, bumblebees and even the red squirrel – amazing work! 10% of …