THE MODERN MINT BLOG

Jun15

Forgotten Father’s Day?

Then here are some suggestions…

meadow drive

Get the man a meadow.

Or, if he thinks grass only looks good when it is cut, get him a decent mower…

Hayter Harrier-48 19-inch Rear Roller Self Propelled Electric Start Petrol Lawnmower

These are manly shears (and sharp. And worth it.)

Okatsune 230 Long Handled Hedge Shears

Or if the only tools he uses are for cooking sausages on an open fire…

Landmann 0204 Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Barbecue Tool Set (3 Pieces)

With a book to help him relax…

RHS How to Garden: A Practical Introduction to Gardening

Or a Kindle, to make him feel young…

Kindle, 6″ E Ink Display, Wi-Fi, Black

Aug04

Box Hill – Novella by Adam Mars-Jones

I picked this book up back in 2020 because of the title – Box Hill – fabulous, I thought, a book about boxwood. I’ll peruse this for its respective thoughts on the plant I clip most when I make topiary. I didn’t read the blurb on the back. Didn’t know the author (although I knew the publisher, Fitzcarraldo Editions, as I love many of the essays they have published… so trusted the author would be worth spending time with.) By page 2 I realised this novel wasn’t quite what I had expected. I started the book at 10pm, after getting …

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Apr14

Topiary, The Art Garden at The Henderson

The Art Garden at The Henderson in Hong-Kong has now opened to the public. I joined the project last March, to work with Gillespies Landscape Architects on the topiary that had been designed for the Art Garden, which gives a calm, green space below the extraordinary Henderson skyscraper designed by Zaha Hadid Architects. The garden has been designed with butterflies in mind, so lots of nectar plants, and has other art projects and installations within its footprint. The history of the site is interesting too – it was originally the first cricket ground in Hong-Kong! So still a green space….! …

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