Can professional designers really hope to emulate those for whom a garden is a life’s work?
These are high achievements for professional designers to aim towards….
Now ranting!
Garden Rant has definitely got exciting, outspoken and thoughtful writers. It has just had a major website revamp and has also invited two new contributors: me and Dan Hinkley.
Lawrence Halprin’s Heritage Plaza: A Crying Shame by Susan Cohan
“Despite my swagger, I’m a softy. I well up in tears when I am moved by something–not usually landscapes or gardens.
A Chelsea garden in Monmouthshire reviewed by Patterson Webster and Anne Wareham
This is another re-issue, to remind me of a happy day with a great friend. We will meet our friends again one day – we will. Editor, Anne Wareham. I recently had a very welcome visitor – Pat Webster of Site and Insight and garden maker of Glen Villa. Arne...
Any Questions by Andrew Wilson
I have regular comments about the planting being the all important thing when my workload as a designer tells me it is not.
Bring Me Stories, Bring Me Songs, by Caleb Melchior
This is effectively the third post about Conceptual gardens. Or at least, about concepts and gardens. Does it take us forward? Anne Wareham, editor Bring Me Stories, Bring Me Songs: Growing a Richer Garden Ethic by Caleb Melchior. I...
My First Garden by Valerie Lapthorne
“Its misfortune, however, was to have been in the direct line of fire from the German bombers of World War II…”
“You Should Have Been Here Last Week” by Tim Richardson reviewed by Bridget Rosewell
This is one of those (few) books every thinkingardener wants to have to read in the bath. And this is another re-issue. Anne Wareham, editor. ‘You Should Have Been Here Last Week – Sharp Cuttings from a Garden Writer’ Bridget Rosewell: Did you know that John Denham...
All that business? by Bella D’Arcy Reed
Those of us who cannot go to Chelsea because of limited mobility rely on the BBC……
Designing a Conceptual Garden by Jay Sifford
Here is Jay Sifford’s take on designing conceptual gardens.
What goes? by Anne Wareham
So – would anyone take over thinkingardens if I gave it up? Volunteer for it, anyone? It could possibly be made to pay under a different, energetic and more err.. positive? editor? Shall I stop, anyway? I think this is most likely.
An Economic History of the English Garden by Roderick Floud, reviewed by Bridget Rosewell.
Floud sets out the history of the garden industry. He is interested in the how and the who, and how much it all cost.
New Perennials and Structure, Facebook Discussion 2.
It’s based on values like sustainability, low maintenance, beauty, natural abstractions, habitat based, multi season performance, natural looking plants.
Recent Posts from: Veddw
Favour the Ferns
Many years ago The Financial Times sent me to do a feature on the RHS ‘Flower Show’ at Tatton Park . I was totally naïve and had no idea what I was supposed to do or to write about. So my excitement was tempered by acute anxiety. The term ‘imposter syndrome’ could have been invented for me. […]
Snowdrop mania is coming…
In the UK, right now, the horticultural world is about to drive us all mad with snowdrops. Pictures of. Articles about. Gardens with them. Anything people can think of to bash us over the head with snowdrops.
Brilliant Brecon
Recently we made a visit to Brecon. This is not far from us, in case anyone was getting over excited about the possibility that I might have been travelling again. It’s in Wales, in the Brecon Beacons, recently re-christened Bannau Brycheiniog.
You should have been here Next Year
Charles made a complaint recently when we were walking in the garden.
When I complained about him complaining he told me that it was good for me to have complaints about the planting.
Garden Seats – to make and sit on.
I am discovering more and more often that it is important to have a great many seats in the garden. In fact there should probably be one every three feet or so.
