Suppers

At the Herefordshire Hub by Tristan Gregory Nov 13, 2014 | Events, SuppersThis year has been one where talking together has been opening up, and not just under the auspices of  thinkingardens. The RHS held a debate which ... read more Thinkingardens at Chelsea Fringe...
West Country Thinkingardens Supper

West Country Thinkingardens Supper

My apologies to contributors waiting to be published, and all you miserable, deprived readers wondering when your next thinkingardens post will arrive. June and July are very busy for me, and I have even found it necessary to do some gardening. Sigh. But normal...

The next thinkingardens supper – last call

I’m sorry – this is of no interest to anyone who lives miles from London and doesn’t come to Chelsea. Or indeed, maybe, who doesn’t come to Chelsea Press Day. But those who do, might like to come to our next thinkingardens supper…Details...
The Thinking Gardens Supper – what was it like? by Lucy Masters

The Thinking Gardens Supper – what was it like? by Lucy Masters

At last – the account of the thinkingardens supper, which took place in London in the pouring rain and a tube strike. For all that sixteen people made it (see who at the bottom of this page) and it was excellently chaired by Chris Young, editor of the RHS The...
Thinkingardens supper, February 2014

Thinkingardens supper, February 2014

Just a short note to thank everyone who braved the tube strike and the pouring rain to come to the thinkingardens supper: what a turn out! And special thank you’s to Lucy Masters, who did all the hard work and organisation brilliantly, and to Chris Young for...

Supper: January 2010

A garden is meaningless without good spaces.
In which Michael Balston froths, and also insists that water in gardens should feature “no turds, no alligators”…

Supper: June 2009

Is garden design a frivolous luxury in straitened times?
“Clearly, it all centres on one’s appreciation of gardens…”

Supper: May 2009

Do gardens have to include plants?
“…..And indeed, in some circumstances plants alone can be used conceptually to shock people…”

Now We are Ten! by Anne Wareham

Now We are Ten! by Anne Wareham

2015 appears to be a big year in our house. Charles turns old and we’ll also have our Silver Wedding anniversary this June, he tells me. I’m not altogether sure I believe that. We had a big celebration: party, fireworks, speech and all that – to...
At the Herefordshire Hub by Tristan Gregory

At the Herefordshire Hub by Tristan Gregory

This year has been one where talking together has been opening up, and not just under the auspices of  thinkingardens. The RHS held a debate which  Helen Gazeley reviewed here and which is now on YouTube, here – ‘Are Gardens Art?’ so you can judge it...
Community Gardens: do we care?

Community Gardens: do we care?

I am very busy just now, so instead of the usual post  I am inviting a discussion by means of two links about community gardens. Do we really care about them? Are they a sop to a sentimental notion of community? Do they open up gardening?  Do we like them? Are they...
Apologies (especially to subscribers)

Apologies (especially to subscribers)

Dear Thinkingardens readers, We’ve been having some site problems lately. This may mean you’ll get, or have had, re-issued posts or been offered links which don’t work. Our brilliant and dedicated web master is trying everything he can to sort it, so...
Thinkingardens at Chelsea Fringe 2014

Thinkingardens at Chelsea Fringe 2014

Thinkingardens Supper – Chelsea May 2014 Anne Wareham: I’m going to do something different here. The thinkingardens supper, which was part of the Chelsea Fringe, led to a lively debate which is impossible to summarise. But last time people went on emailing...
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