THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Our 1 Year Anniversary
Today we celebrate 1 year since Modern Mint registered as a business – Happy Anniversary! We have come a long way in …
7 Ways Your Garden Is NOT Helping The Earth
The way we garden is changing – we feel there really is a growing trend towards being kinder to the earth and we are seeing people take a much stronger interest in gardening for wildlife. Even garden centres are putting ‘bee-friendly’ symbols onto plant labels to help people choose what to grow (perhaps removing the pesticides from sale would make more of a difference, but at least baby steps are being taken in the right direction!) There are lots of places you can find out what actions you can take in your garden in order to tread lightly on the earth – for …
BIG WORDS
When a client trusts us with their garden we immediately begin thinking and puzzling over how we can improve that space, how we can make it relate to the world in a way that encourages wildlife and diversity while being something the client values too. It is an important question – what do we do with this space? But it doesn’t seem enough, to only look at these tiny patches of land that we garden. What about the materials we bring in and add to the space? What about the materials we take away? We are connected to so many processes …
Plants for Topiary
Want to know the best plants to use for topiary? Here is the common palette, and included are a few trees that love to be pollarded, or espaliered, or can take being cut to the ground or have their leaves stripped from the stem… … not all of these plants will give you the classic topiary forms, but they may be worth experimenting on and discovering how they can be pruned and what impression they leave you with when they are! Box Yew Holm Oak Holly Azalea Ilex crenata Bay Thuja Hebe Portugese laurel Pines (including Scots pine) Robinia Olive …