THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Meadow Seeds
First job of the day – the beginnings of a meadow mix for a clients front garden. Sowing tomorrow! What fun…! Further …
National Nurseries Week, Final Day, May 2014
Today brings to an end National Nurseries Week, a week showcasing some of the best British nurseries. (The picture above is from another business we ran, growing cut flowers for florists… we loved growing these dahlias, but if you’re a florist go to Withypitts if you want the best dahlias in the country…) It is good to support your local nurseries, as it creates a positive cycle – the better they do, the more they can offer you – leading to us all becoming better gardeners (and in a crazy dream world we like to live in, the better this countries …
Vulnerability
We have spoken of how gardening can teach us about having the confidence to fail, and we would like to continue to explore these themes. Because gardening can be the catalyst for something even stronger – the ability to be vulnerable. Every time a designer expresses their idea to a client, they open themselves to ridicule. But this is the job of the professional designer, to express what could be. Or those people who work so hard to open up their gardens to visitors in order to raise money for charity. They are doing the same thing, expressing the ideas they have about …
3 More Nurseries to Tell You About…
A s we have already blogged about, this week is National Nurseries Week. So here are three more nurseries you should get to know because they are knowledgeable and grow great plants. 1) Margery Fish Plant Nursery, Somerset Established by Margery Fish in the 1950’s, go here if you are a galanthophile or a lover of cottage garden plants. 2) Glendoick, Perth Still growing over 80% of their stock in nursery beds, this is THE nursery to go to if you want azaleas, rhododendrons and camellias. 3) Spring Reach Nursery, Surrey They are not a garden centre – do not …