THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Last week we discussed what the latest garden design trends for 2016 are – these included fire pits, outdoor rugs, …
Garden Design Trends 2016
In January of the last two years we have written about the cultural zeitgeist in garden design – about what are the most popular garden design trends for the new year. In these last two years a range of suggestions and trends have been made, including the use of meadow mixes, growing your own vegetables, using more products made from bamboo… and painting your fence panels black. Not sure that one took off as they thought it would! Read Garden Design Trends 2014 Read Garden Design Trends 2015 Before we Talk About Garden Design Trends for 2016… We just want to mention which trends we …
Merry Christmas Modern Mints!
Merry Christmas all you Modern Mints out there, from the Modern Mints! We hope you have had a fantastic gardening year!
Who Can Help With My Garden?

This is an odd question, but we get the impression it is one a lot of people ask. They must do, judging by the enormous amount of media coverage gardening gets – the books, the tv series, the radio programmes, the magazines, the blogs, the designers, the available courses and the websites… We are pleased about this. We love being out in the garden, for the health benefits as much as the testing of our ideas and understanding of the world – does this plant go with that one? Why does a robin sit on the fence watching us? Has …