THE MODERN MINT BLOG

Sep12

Where Are Modern Mint?

Torino Modern Mint

Where are Modern Mint?

If you look at the photo above, you would think we are in sunny Torino at the Parco del Valentino.

Or what about the photo below? It look like Modern Mint are in the Mediterranean…

Modern Mint Mediterranean

 

Or not so sunny Scotland!

Modern Mint Scotland

 

Modern Mint in the Herb Garden…

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And back to the Mediterranean. But this time with a littles sun…

Modern Mint Torino

 

Of course, we are actually based in Essex, UK. But you can find us in quite a few different places up to Christmas….

Kent

Hampshire

Salisbury

Wiltshire

Berkshire

Essex

Suffolk

Just to name a few.

For full details of where to find Modern Mint, check out our Diary Page.

Feb10

Why I Wrote The Book Modern Topiary

I have written this book, Modern Topiary, because I wanted a collation of useful information that would give people access to everything they need to know in order to start making topiary. Topiary is an amazing (and niche) line of work to follow – amazing because it offers up opportunities to travel all over the world, making gardens, meeting people… but also, the work is intensely physical, hands-on, yet requires creative thinking in order to solve the puzzle of how to make the shapes you want. This mixture of the craft and the art is what I love the most …

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Jan30

Buxus the Norfolk Terrier In Modern Topiary Book

This is Buxus, our Norfolk Terrier, who I acknowledge in the acknowledgments of the book of Modern Topiary. The book of Modern Topiary can be read, for free, here. There you go. Buxus the dog on ‘doorstep duty’ at a friend’s house in Edinburgh. For those asking what he looked like!

Jan30

What People Think Of Modern Topiary, The Book

Yesterday I put out the book – Modern Topiary – that I have spent the last six years writing. Download for free a pdf of Modern Topiary here. And what seems amazing to me, is that not only have people actually been reading it, but then responding to it. So below are a number of comments I have been sent from those who read it last night, and this morning…. “Brilliant read, exactly the right amount of info to take in and digest.” Rachel, a gardener “I love your book, the advice is so straightforward and your writing is so …

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