THE MODERN MINT BLOG

Aug03

3 Things Your Garden Should Have If…

This blog post looks at the essentials required in your garden from a few different perspectives. These perspectives are… The Wildlife Lover The Garden Hater The House Renter This should give you a good idea about how, when designing your garden, what you need MUST be the driving force behind what your garden eventually ends up looking like… so without any further ado, let us start with our first list from the perspective of someone who cares about the planet… 3 Things Your Garden Should Have If… You Love Wildlife 1) A compost heap. Gives a lovely home to lots …

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Jul29

Meet Stefano

Stefano works with us at Modern Mint, designing gardens with Darren (who, incidentally, also does garden talks) and turning his hand to just about anything the business needs in terms of logos, prints, signs and artwork. He joined us at the end of 2014 and fit in magnificently, his positivity and quick thinking an exciting asset to a new company like ours. He also makes an incredible tiramisu (he is Italian, after all) and a fantastic pizza dough – after too many strong espressos we often float around the idea that we should open a Modern Mint pizzeria too…. they …

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Jul21

Garden Club Speaker

Darren Lerigo Modern Mint

Update Right Now – I am only booking talks via Zoom for 2022/2023 A speaker for your audience? A speaker for your audience via Zoom? “I don’t think I have ever had so many positive comments about a speaker, thank you for making my job a success!” Wrabness Gardening Club Please note this page holds a lot of information. If you are a speaker finder from a group or club, you may wish to visit this shorter page to see about booking Darren to give a talk. Otherwise, if you want to know everything, carry on reading below! Garden Club …

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