THE MODERN MINT BLOG
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Roses
Most garden designers have a palette of plants they trust, know and use. This repetition gives a certain style to their work and helps them build a consistent client base, although a planting style can change rapidly and distinctly. Tom Stuart-Smith wrote, “Initially we went through quite a fluffy pink rose stage, clipped box, cranesbills and great swags of blousy pink Ispahan and purplish crimson Charles de Mill… this initial blousy pinkness overlapped with something of orange Kniphofia moment (which now seems a little improbable) then followed by a more wild Verbascum and opium poppy explosion in the early 90’s and an …
White Garden Plants
We have often been cited Sissinghurst and its White Garden as the ideal look a client wants. It is easy to see why this is – being easy on the eye, having plants people can recognise and encapsulating a fullness, a romantic notion, that can be easily described by clients who may otherwise struggle to express themselves. Originally the concept for Vita Sackville-West’s white garden was for it to be a ‘Grey’ garden… “I am trying to make a grey, green, and white garden… I visualize the white trumpets of dozens of Regale lilies, grown three years ago from seed, coming …
Modern Mint on Pinterest
As you know we have a huge interest in meadows and organic topiary. So to share what we love we have created a Pinterest page curating all the lovely photos and designs we see and do… enjoy! Visit the Modern Mint Pinterest page! Or, if pictures don’t rock your world, you can always have a read of these gardening and food related books… Succession Planting for Adventurous Gardeners The Damp Garden In Defence of Food: The Myth of Nutrition and the Pleasures of Eating: An Eater’s Manifesto Eating Animals