Tag: Chelsea Fringe
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 6
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 6. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW So, this is a little bit of a cheat because the Chelsea Flower Show, big sister to the Chelsea Fringe, isn’t open…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 5
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 5. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) LUSH SPA KINGS ROAD In honour of the Chelsea Fringe, the Lush store in Kings Road has plants everywhere, but it’s what is tucked behind…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 4
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 4. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) CAVENDISH SQUARE, LONDON Now I will admit I thought twice about including Cavendish Square because apart from being a green spot behind Oxford Street, I…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 3
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 3. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) GEFFRYE MUSEUM, HOXTON When I first arrived at the Geffrye Museum, I thought that the ‘garden’ was the stretch of grass at the front. Nice,…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 2
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 2. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) You may have passed this garden several times already. And perhaps like me, you’ve never noticed it, let alone ventured inside … but St…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No. 0.5
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 1. I know I don’t officially start until tomorrow, but I CAN’T WAIT! So I’m also cheating because here is a garden that isn’t really a garden… Confused? I hope so. About two weeks ago, I…
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The Botanical Park and Garden of Crete
On the plane back from Crete yesterday I noticed that the woman behind me kept her hand on the window until we had been in the air some time. I wondered if she was feeling the same pangs of loss as I was for all those endless horizons and quiet feelings of space. So although…
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Reading and Writing … at the Chelsea Fringe
I’m delighted to be – virtually – taking part in the exciting Chelsea Fringe Festival this year. I’ll be posting from a selection of London gardens and parks – some well-known, some you may have overlooked – with photographs, a little bit of gossip, and for each one, I want to offer you a poem…