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Gentle Heart
3 ideas for becoming a better gardener – have clear eyes, a quiet mind and a gentle heart. These pictures …
Midori Shintani, Gardener
In Gardens Illustrated magazine a few issues back, they had an interview with Midori Shintani, the Head Gardener of Tokachi Millenium Forest. (You can find photos of the work done by designer Dan Pearson in the Millenium Forest here, at his website.) She told the story of how she came to be there with great eloquence. She had learned the tea ceremony, ikebana and calligraphy before studying horticulture – “I enjoyed the course, but I still did not know what I should become… for 11 years I struggled to choose my path.” This is the case with a lot of …
50 Shades of Sustainability
When we started the Modern Mint Shop we wanted to focus on products that held sustainability as a high value – we imagined they would be created from recycled materials, or from natural sources that, managed correctly, would save or improve an eco-system. It would be easy to meet the supplier, check they were doing what they said, and feel good about doing our bit. Nice and simple! But… … we had little idea the depth the word ‘sustainability’ has – significantly, products that may appear ‘green’ may prove themselves to create other problems somewhere along the way. A good example …
The Cycling Gardener of Liverpool
Today we offer you an interview with the Cycling Gardener of Liverpool, Mike Davies. A lovely part of our job at Modern Mint is that we get to go around asking other people how and why they garden – and this interview with Mike the Cycling Gardener is full of great tips and funny bits, so please read on and enjoy! Mike, you are the Liverpool Cycling Gardener – tell us how this has come about and why you chose to be a cycling gardener? Imagine getting up every morning knowing you were going to have to work 13 hours in …