THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Seaside gardens are fascinating and here at Modern Mint Garden Design we cannot wait for our first commission to work …
Logs – Modern Mint
Autumn is arriving and nights are getting colder, so we need to start thinking about logs for the fire. Why you should use logs from Modern Mint… The logs we offer are guaranteed to have been seasoned for 1 year, with a low moisture content. All logs are sourced from the UK – Essex, South London, Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire. Buying logs from Modern Mint (and so from the UK) helps support work in native woodlands. Contact us now for prices! What are the best logs to use for your fire? In the words of ‘Woodsman’ Ben Law, you need …
NGS Sissinghurst
Earlier in the year we visited Sissinghurst, when they opened for the NGS scheme at 6am on a Sunday morning. It was brilliant to be there so early and we had the chance to talk with new(ish) head gardener Troy Scott Smith about how they are trying to ‘revitalise Vita’. The garden has changed a lot over the years, which is a good thing, but has lost a little of the ‘fine carelessness’ that drove the making of the garden. It is now the job of Troy and his team to bring a little of that chaos and looseness back …
Vita Sackville-West – Sissinghurst
Vita Sackville-West’s Sissinghurst: The Creation of a Garden is a beautiful book, where garden writer Sarah Raven (you can find more of her ideas at Sarah Raven’s Cutting Garden) remixing the words of Vita with a history of the garden itself. It introduces the idea of gardening with a ‘fine carelessness’ – a phrase of great nuance and, let’s face it, difficult to achieve in the garden as it requires a balance between art and chaos. But what a peg upon which to place your gardening hat… The opening chapter, though a ‘Brief History’ and of course a necessity for …