A few of our previous blogs have highlighted texture as a concept which has value in the winter garden, rather than always harking on about structure. There must of course be balance in all things and at some point we will ourselves discuss structure.
February 9, 2010
February 8, 2010
It was a dark, doom laden day. Anything could happen. It was time to tackle ‘The Kiftsgate Rose’.
Like a lot of garden jobs this arose for a variety of reasons. There was bracken in the swathe of Symphoricarpus orbiculatus in front. The symphoricarpus also got weighed down and broken by a heavy layer of snow recently. And I wanted to create more openness at the shrub level in that area, which I was beginning to find intimidatingly claustrophobic.
February 7, 2010
There is sexy……. alluring. Did you catch our thoughts on this in The Guardian Gardening Debate? If not here’s the link:
The Friday Debate: Are gardens sexy? | Life and style | guardian.co.uk
And then there is sexy meaning cute, attractive, smart or interesting.
February 5, 2010
Yesterday there was lots of interest in our ‘Midwinter Fire’ post on Cornus stem colour(below), with our second highest page views ever. So it will not surprise you that we are reluctant to ’stem the flow’ of interest. Oops, sorry !
February 4, 2010
Midwinter Fire
Posted by Lesley under Design Bites, Project Updates, Reviews of Gardens and Shows, The Planty Stuff[5] Comments
It is always interesting to see how gardens we have designed are developing. Yesterday afternoon on our way to a meeting we called in on one of our earlier designs.
