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Where Are 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…
Or not so sunny Scotland!
Modern Mint in the Herb Garden…
And back to the Mediterranean. But this time with a littles sun…
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.
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!
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 “Just finished reading – absolutely brilliant!” Camilla (she shared with me lots she highlighted) …
Modern Topiary Book
Over the last six years I have been writing a book. It is called Modern Topiary and I have finally finished it, and now made it available for people to read. This is the blurb on the back…. This is the topiary book I wish I had when I began trying to clip plants into a shape others would consider beautiful. Split into two parts – the craft and then the art of topiary – I have tried to share everything I know. It’s not a long book. I hope this gives you the foundation for good technique, alongside ideas …