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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Does a hot summer's day, in a garden, listening to a brass band, surrounded by the heady scents of flowers, come close?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A visit to Burton Agnes hall and gardens </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">last Sunday provided all of that and more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Admittedly there were only four instrumentalists, but the sound echoing round the courtyard was just wonderful and so atmospheric.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The gardens here are brilliant, especially the Walled Garden, which is another of my obsessions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I really enjoy seeing how the original ethos of providing the big house with all year round fruit, flowers and vegetables has evolved and how the space is currently used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Still with a large potager and lots of fruit in evidence, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">this walled garden is quite special. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In addition to </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">containing over 4000 different plant species it is also home to the National Collection of Campanulas and provides lots of family interest with giant board games; chess, hop scotch, hoopla and snakes and ladders</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">each within its own satellite colour themed and incredibly private garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This one goes all out for the family visitors, with sufficient horticultural interest for plant lovers and walks (The Woodland) and The Maze to keep everyone happy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Unless like my family (with several degrees between them) who could neither find the maze entry or having followed a small child in could not find their way out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At least I had a quiet sit in the shade, listening to the music and smelling the wonderful heady scent of Paul's Himalayan Musk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And again, surprise, surprise, tea and refreshments for the weary but safely returned adventurers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Doesn't get any better than that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-30399748924412249292016-07-12T09:36:00.001-07:002016-07-12T09:39:04.826-07:00Gravetye Manor<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I absolutely adore visiting gardens (as if you hadn't guessed!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There's always so much to see, learn and admire (plus the odd cup of tea and cake!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The English have been described as a nation of shopkeepers; I think it's more accurate to say we are a nation of gardeners.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Like Capability Brown, whose individual style was famously copied on the Continent and beyond, there existed a later Englishman whose huge contribution and influence to the evolution of English gardens has largely gone unrecognised; </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">William Robinson. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He lived at Gravetye Manor from 1884 and created the wonderful gardens which have been, after a period of neglect, maintained in his original concept.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He was a pioneer of the English natural garden style and influenced many of those, including Gertrude Jekyll, who followed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A gardener, botanist and writer, his ideas were, for that time, quite radical and innovative. </span></div>
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<i>"In this, as in other matters pertaining to fitness and beauty, each place is treated according to its own character. A garden should grow out of its own site if we are to have the best of it. One should think of the spot and what can best be done with it ..."</i></div>
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<i><br /></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pretty much as garden design theory exits today; think genius loci, Beth Chatto "right plant, right place" and the more relaxed New Perennial movement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The plan below shows the layout and scale of his gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When other gardeners were attempting to subdue and control Robinson saw a different approach; a less formal and more naturalistic style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The garden flows and ebbs beautifully on many different levels and I absolutely loved the unusual shape and design of the kitchen garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the food's pretty good too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This year sees the 300th anniversary of Capability Brown's birth and I like this portrait of the man which shows him, without wig, and smiling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Had I been a stately home owner back in the day, and could have afforded his fees and the cost of the re-vamp, I would certainly have hired him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">One of his accolades was to be nicknamed "England's greatest gardener".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I think nowadays he would more correctly be called a landscape architect, given the scale of his work.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But he was much more than that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In the 18th century he was the designer of choice with an unparalled celebrity status and </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">was responsible for the creation of landscapes around many stately homes, some of which were years in the making.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">His vision of the landscape was both monumental and original. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He not only sculpted and planted the land, but built bridges and classical structures to enhance his creations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A whole new environment was built, with </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">artfully placed trees, water and buildings forming an harmonious whole. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And his greatest gift of all was to make the whole look completely natural. </span><br />
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Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-16576532184621316302016-06-16T09:56:00.000-07:002016-06-16T09:56:25.067-07:00Roof garden<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's amazing how many roof or above ground gardens can be found once you start looking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In London recently I was treated to lunch at the most amazing place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm ashamed to admit I've been a regular visitor to London for more years than I care to mention but I never knew this was there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The garden is on the sixth floor of the Derry and Toms building and has a soil depth of a mere 18ins.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is difficult to believe when there are clearly some very mature trees, dating from the initial planting, in 1938, which are almost to the height of the seventh floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's a romantic almost gothic inspired secluded walk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The garden is free to visit, provided there is no private function being held, but for a bird's eye view - book into the restaurant on the seventh floor and have a really fab day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh......and there are real live flamingoes!</span></div>
Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-17848253131497335992016-04-18T06:15:00.002-07:002016-04-18T06:15:29.490-07:00New building<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There seems to be a sudden rush of gardens built, or to be built, above ground.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In many urban areas this makes a deal of sense since ground space is not only scarce but valuable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Planning permission has been granted for the latest Maggie's Centre, in Leeds, within an already densely built environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was to create a "<i>positive environment to calm minds and foster a sense of well being</i>" and to provide "<i>qualities of a garden with shared and private spaces</i>". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These centres offer free support to anyone affected by cancer. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Often outside space is important to enable this to be delivered and can be difficult to provide given the physical constraints of the site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking at these images, there seems to be lots of little spaces, tucked away to give maximum privacy, but also larger areas which encourage socialising.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But I think the abundant injections of greenery both compliment and soften these organic exteriors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I hope the gardens will provide the oasis of support needed and can't wait to see the fully built project. What a lovely and worthwhile scheme to be involved with.</span></div>
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Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-8268494725562785432016-04-01T04:10:00.000-07:002016-04-01T04:10:13.931-07:00Peckham coal line<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not exactly a title to make you think of a garden, or even greenery and certainly not a green community space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But how about this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Following on the heels and success of the High Line comes a proposal to turn a disused elevated section of rail line in London - in Peckham to be precise - into a linear park. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Perhaps not quite the same cachet and certainly not the same length or having as many opportunities as the New York one it is however commendable for a number of reasons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not least that it will provide a desperately needed non concrete environment for locals to enjoy but that they are being involved right from the start. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">People have been encouraged to suggest uses and ideas for the project, volunteer practical skills and help and more importantly, to donate funds via crowd funding. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Southwark council and the Mayor of London's fund have both promised £10k with Sustrans </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">pitching in £7k</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> but amazingly the project has already reached its funding target and is now moving forward.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So many congratulations to the initiators of the scheme. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Let's hope it encourages other people around the country to look for similiar opportunities to provide city dwellers with green lungs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once completed I look forward to visiting, with real photos to show the line in all its glory. </span></div>
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Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-32092069317748082842016-02-21T09:06:00.001-08:002016-02-21T09:06:56.647-08:00A new begining?<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Did you see the recent announcement about the plant experiment conducted in the International Space station where "the first ever plant flowered in space"?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How beautiful does this little Zinnia look - and what an achievement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How does it know to send the roots down and the flower up? Or does it not matter?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So many questions but such a brilliant result. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Seems the astronauts also managed to grow red romaine lettuce which they ate. Doesn't this open new options for extended space flight?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not about to pooh on their success but technically the accolade for the first flower grown in space </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">belongs to Don Pettit who in 2012 produced a sunflower.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Is this some acknowledgement that all things green nourish the soul and gladden the heart?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">For whatever reason the Zinnia promises wonderful things in space which I can only commend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My current fave is the Sarah Raven website</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">mostly because last year this was the only convenient place for me to obtain Ratte potatoes which are totally our favourites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A delightful town but with an overly heavy emphasis for me on the 1692 Witches trials. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">There's more to Salem than this as i</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t has a wonderful historical and sea faring past which seems to have been sidelined.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The town itself is pretty and compact and thanks to the help of the two lovely ladies of the Tourist board I managed to find two very different but gorgeous gardens to visit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Fronting the street with the garden primarily to the right and rear, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the house was sadly closed when we visited (it is now a museum) but it was possible to get into the garden via a pergola to the right hand side. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But the real show stopper of the visit was the garden at the House of the Seven Gables.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Can you imagine sitting outside on a lovely summer's day with the backdrop of the whole of Salem harbour at your feet?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The kind of place you would choose to be for all eternity (provided tea and cake or a glass of good wine was thrown in too).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And the gardeners are happy to chat too! Well done them.</span></div>
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Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-13845002160089380572015-12-02T04:56:00.000-08:002015-12-19T09:11:58.597-08:00Charleston South Carolina<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> E</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">legant buildings everywhere, </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">some originally dating from the 18th Century and luckily spared from the devastation of the American Civil War.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Love the wrought iron work which is so in keeping with this Southern heritage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Charleston oozes charm, character and history. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I loved it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Shame it rained (a lot) when I visited and the humidity was a real shock.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No wonder I had visions of mint juleps - a la Gone with the Wind, until I discovered the main ingredient is bourbon - Yuk!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But the tiny town gardens made up for my disappointment and were truly delightful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And I love snickets, alleys or ginnels depending on your origins. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They just beg to be explored.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">How romantic and mysterious do these look?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Take a walk down these back in time to long frocks and good old Southern ways.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So atmospheric. </span><br />
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Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-84818162661309696972015-11-22T09:27:00.000-08:002015-11-23T06:28:30.693-08:00More of the High Line<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not only providing a green and pleasant island in a sea of skyscrapers it has encouraged developers to re-purpose empty commercial buildings into residential properties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The cafe area and local art market in a tunnel through one of the buildings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But it's the trees, shrubs and plants which bring it all to life. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">They embellish and anchor the design with vibrancy, form, texture and colour and make it a "must visit" place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No self respecting tourist can ever claim to have seen New York without visiting here. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It will stay in my heart for a long long time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another New York stop was the High Line.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is something I've wanted to see for ages. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The fact that it was saved from demolition and turned into a hugely popular and publicly accessible facility is nothing short of amazing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Probably the most unique above ground level park anywhere.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's a redundant elevated freight line running between Gansevoort Street and 30th Street and has become, for me, one of New York's icons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Strange our taxi driver neither knew of it nor could he find it despite our precise directions! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It stands around 30 feet above street level, is green, has trees and plants growing on it, with people walking and jogging along. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Difficult to spot really!! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Better believe the stories about NY taxi drivers!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> It's clearly visible from state highway 9A which runs parallel with the River Hudson, passes the Twin Towers memorial and leads to Battery Park. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hmmm..........................!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An interesting and lengthy journey!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's lush and dramatic and makes frequent nods to its rail heritage whilst incorporating art works, a market, drink and eateries, view points, an abundance of seating, a children's adventure area and an interactive Lego build. Wow!! All that and free access.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The construction is reminiscent of the freight cars and don't you just love the bogie wheels! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The clear and knowledgeable hand of Piet Oudolf can easily be detected with many of his signature plants, but blended here with some native American species too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I loved this so much I even joined "Friends of the Highline" and treated myself to a book outlining the design, plant selection and specifications plus technical constraints encountered.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Just a work of art in itself and </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">my kind of bedtime reading!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this first post, I want to share the delights of Paley Park.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not what one would normally imagine a park to be but a very valuable public open space in overbuilt and overpowering midtown Manhattan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Almost at the 5th Avenue end of 53rd Street this is described as a pocket park and was designed and built in 1967. That it still exists and functions as a refuge from busy New York life is a testament to the success and ingenuity of the design.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The waterfall masks the traffic noise and urban hustle and bustle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The trees bring shade in summer and a more human scale to the buildings which surround it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the street to the gates are modern flags. From then on in more traditional and timeless setts have been laid giving a feeling of longevity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The park is essentially square, with a full time janitor/caretaker's hut on the left as you enter and a hugely popular cafe on the right. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Pots, planted to reflect the seasons provide additional splashes of colour and the white metal seats give an extra airy spacious feel to the space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What the photos cannot convey is the peaceful and tranquil feeling of this space. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is simply one of the best designed, most exquisite spaces I have ever visited. And tea (or coffee) on hand whenever you want it!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nice to know sometimes I am on the same wavelength as the owners.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This little gem could have been easily missed in the luscious and abundant planting, but like all good gardens attention to detail matters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Lots of themed rooms in this garden and all very different, from floorscape to planting. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Secluded seating, a summer house, a bog garden and a dry garden all added to its charm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was another interesting one. A private garden, but one which regularly opens under the auspices of the NGS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From early beginnings in 1990 the owners have built, not only a super garden, acquired more land, extended their home but cleverly built all the structures in the garden themselves. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Three lots of water features, a mammoth pergola, summer house, artisan's retreat............the list is endless. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Just maintaining the garden looks like a full time job and a real labour of love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">has come in for a deal of criticism - not least by the broadsheets who gave it a very sniffy review. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perhaps they were right, as it's just received the doubtful accolade for the worst architecturally designed building in London.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But whatever its perceived faults in architectural terms, one cannot deny the stunning views from the top floors or the technical challenges of the planting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And at what economic cost were these floors not developed as either retail or office space - or even residential?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The height and shape is stunning and competes with The Shard for excess and command of the skyline. Even better than the Shard is that entry is free, but a pre-booking must be made. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But for me it's the planting that steals the show. Just look at this.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then setting up the watering and heating to ensure everything thrives and remains healthy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want a special treat and a daytime view of London, book into one of the restaurants for lunch. An evening meal is just as spectacular with the twinkling lights of London as the magical backdrop.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But for a simple visit as part of your London trip, you can do no better than just sit and enjoy the view.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's a very special place with a great ambience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe now is the time to look at late colour in the garden to help brighten the lengthening days and dispel a little of the post summer gloom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are some local gardens which do this really well; for example, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RHS Harlow Carr <a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/harlow-carr">https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/harlow-carr</a>, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Breezy Knees, <a href="http://www.breezyknees.co.uk/">http://www.breezyknees.co.uk/</a> and the incomparable </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whilst at RHS Wisley this year I treated myself to a couple of plants (well, more than a couple actually) the stunning Rehmannia Walberton's Magic Dragon being one. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Not easy coming back on the train with this giant!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This was one of the plants in the running for 2015 Plant of the Year award and it's easy to see why.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are lots of herbaceous perennials which are late flowerers and good doers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Depending on your soil type, site, colour or shape preferences and with a little bit of research you can always find a plant to fit the bill.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Echinaceas and asters are my personal favourites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;"> Or if you like drama and zingy combinations, how about this one?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another summer NGS visit, this time to a very private and secluded garden. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hemmed in on all sides the access is through the front door and out via the kitchen. No peeping over the garden wall at this one!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's in shade from the nearest building most of the day and the original outlook from the kitchen was this tall brick wall. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not an unpleasant view but not ideal either, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">since the outdoor space is to the right behind yet another wall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> To make a truly awful comment it was all wall to wall with walls all around.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clever design addresses the garden diagonally and uses strong geometric lines on the floorscape. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This draws the eye along the length of the plot and makes the space appear larger when viewed at an angle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I especially like how the floorscape reflects the surroundings; brick from the walls, terracotta from the roofs and muted stone paving to reflect the access route.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I love the historical context of them and, in many cases, the totally romantic, decadent and slightly faded grandeur image.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One such garden is that at Norton Conyers, just slightly north of Ripon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Surrounded by high brick walls of a wonderful mellow hue</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> the garden entrance is a short walk from a grassed parking area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not immediately obvious (if the gate is open) so that you have to peep in to see if you are in the right place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amazingly there is no charge to visit the garden, although donations for its upkeep are always welcome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And how unusual is that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's a long herbaceous border on your right as you enter, with tempting views to the left through tall planting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This houses a short history of the house/garden and by standing in the doorway a wonderful view of the double herbaceous borders can be had.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During my visit, on a hot Sunday summer's afternoon, there were only five other people present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-19115370630667341462015-09-03T13:32:00.003-07:002015-09-03T13:32:56.448-07:00Garden visits<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are so lucky here in Yorkshire to have so many wonderful gardens to visit and a wealth of ones open to an enthusiastic public under the National Gardens Scheme.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All are worth a visit as nothing is more personal than opening your own private space to visitors. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One is constantly inviting criticism, as well as accolades, but the driving force is always the love of plants and gardening. How brave!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But more importantly being willing and generous enough to share that love and your own garden with other garden nerds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I always seem to lock into the ambience and atmosphere individual gardens generate and for me this is the overwhelming impression. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't care about the odd weed; it's all about the feel and the spatial impression, personal interpretation and use of the plot. And the evident love of the site.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Relatively speaking, a small space but cleverly developed and with very personal ideas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Intimate spaces with abundant plantings, a cleverly executed water feature and secluded seating discreetly placed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Perfect to hide away with a cuppa and contemplate the universe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I adored the bottom of the garden which opened out onto a newly developed meadow style area with old rattan chairs.......so relaxed! </span></div>
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Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-12901780568959046762014-08-26T10:17:00.001-07:002014-08-26T10:17:56.945-07:00Whilst we are in a state of flux<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since my back "garden" is a scene of devastation and currently not accessible</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">over the Bank Holiday weekend I took myself out for a garden fix to Breezy Knees, a nearby garden and nursery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Based near the unedifyingly named village of Warthill just outside York I was amazed at the size of the site, which covers a massive 15 acres.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the blurb says, if you were here in January you would know how it got its name. As it was, our visit was blessed with sunshine, just enough to keep us warm, whilst the wind certainly found its way around the tree and shrub screening which was started in 1999.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The site is very flat, being in the vale of York, and has sandy soil. The nursery swears by a deep mulch of bark to help retain moisture and there is ample evidence that this works brilliantly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hard to believe the oldest flower borders date from 2006.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A policy of not watering established plants, essentially following the dictum of Beth Chatto is practiced and one which I heartily endorse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each space has its own particular attraction, either plant or water, or sometimes both</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">which gives an individual and distinctive ambience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It is a maze of interconnecting rooms and scenes, with seats conveniently placed to sit and enjoy the sights of early flowerers, meadows, and autumn bloomers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's the kind of place where the adults can have a culture fix in an informal and outdoor setting and where young children can run around, let off steam and upset no-one but the sheep.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fascinating to watch the interaction of adult and child alike.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The scale of the works is so in tune with the rolling Yorkshire landscape that it was a stroke of sheer genius to choose this site as an open air gallery.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No boundaries, other than the earth, sky and elements fetter these pieces.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So many stunning pieces, created from a wide range of materiels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, it seems as though our lovely long run of sunny weather has at last broken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Friday lunchtime in the centre of York saw a downpour of epic proportions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the time I was in the garden where I volunteer and at first thought the cloud burst would blow over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not so. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Visibility decreased to the extent I could not see the end of the garden and by the time I got indoors I was absolutely drenched to the skin, despite wearing a waterproof. Not much fun going home on the bus!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Then Saturday arrived, and departed, all bright and sunny, which was lovely.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today is the monsoon again, dark and raining like mad, so indoors, curled up with my gardening mags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time to read, make lists of interesting plants and places to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wonder if the builder will turn up tomorrow?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633366916147800929.post-76998376686722395162014-08-06T09:23:00.000-07:002014-08-06T09:23:35.451-07:00Update on seeds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">all germinated beautifully and as one may expect I had not enough planting space for them all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">trayful of small gorgeous wild blue chicory </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(Cichoricum Intybus) </i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">plants </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">became part of a birthday gift to one of my friends for her to sow in her meadow area.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know the sowing instructions said to set seed in situ but hey ho, some rules are just meant to be broken.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besides, I wouldn't have had the enjoyment of raising them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">She is however an expert plantswoman so they are in safe hands. I'm sure they'll all take and give a superb display. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The other plant she wanted was <i>Lathyrus odorata 'Cuprani' </i>so a small pot of these accompanied the wild chicory. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally, a copy of Beth Chatto's Gravel Garden book </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">completed the gift which I think will see her through for another year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my own garden the rest of the new plantings has taken a beating from aphid and caterpillar infestation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although the sweet peas and Nasturtium <i>'Indian Red'</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> have resisted the ravages</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I'm particularly worried about Mrs Cholmondeley who I think has come down with the dreaded clematis wilt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having taken the RHS advice to remove all infected foliage and destroy I have cut it back to the ground and hope it will recover. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Counselling has been offered to my husband who chose the plant. </span></div>
<br />Dawn Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08917562186000689983noreply@blogger.com0