THE MODERN MINT BLOG
Here are three gardening blogs worth checking up on: Real Men Sow A blogger who began gardening on an allotment …
3 Reasons to use Modern Mint
Why Use Modern Mint? 1) We offer great products, well made. 2) We take responsibility for the environment – supporting artisan makers and companies who have thought about their product through its whole life cycle, from raw materials to how it is recycled and reused. 3) We are passionate about gardens and comfortable homes, and we want to share our knowledge with you. Where do we get our inspiration? Through working in gardens everyday and testing products to make sure they work.
The Design Process
A typical design process will go like this: Job Specification – we will meet with all the users of the garden on-site and find out what you want, what you need and what potential scope your garden project has. This is the most important part as it sets out clearly what a succesful project will feel like, and gets us in sync with you right from the start. Survey – the structural basis of the design work. Outline Design – initial concepts and ideas are presented, allowing for further discussion and development with you. Final Design – Detailed plans and specifications are …
Plant of the Week: Mahonia
Really this post is about pruning… Walking to the accountant in Chelmsford yesterday morning we caught a heavy scent in the air, making us stop in our tracks. Where was it coming from? Which flower, in January, could provide such a rich and intoxicating scent as the sun tried with great audacity to warm the air? Looking around, there was no bright and gaudy flower, no obvious hint as to what was perfuming the air. So we went hunting into the borders, amongst the cubed, uniformally trimmed shrubs invariably shaped by a male gardener who finds satisfaction with a hedgetrimmer. …