Tag: Garden
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The lost Botanical Garden of Siena
If you’re thinking, hmmm that photo above doesn’t look like a garden, you are quite right. But when we went searching for the Sienna Botanical Gardens on a recent trip this is where the map took us. There was a patch of grass outside that didn’t look exactly botanical so we soon gave up. (The…
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Cas Holmes in the Garden
As soon as I saw this beautiful little picture by artist, Cas Holmes, I knew it had to be mine: It sums up my emotional roots in the Fen landscape just perfectly, and so I wasn’t surprised to find that Cas is from the Fens too. She’s a wonderful and interesting textile artist – just…
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We’re in The English Garden!
Or at least the very beautiful glossy magazine by that name. You can imagine how happy I was to flick through this month’s copy to find a mention of this website by Lia Leendertz. A wonderful surprise. In fact I was SO happy I did some serious squeaking – which isn’t so cool when you’re on…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 11
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 11. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) REDCROSS GARDEN, SOUTHWARK This is the garden that Octavia built… I love this garden, tucked away in Southwark, near Little Dorrit Street, and still fulfilling…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 9
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 9. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) MILLBANK GARDENS, JOHN ISLIP STREET This little public park sandwiches the Tate Britain with the Thames. I was walking round it thinking how it felt…
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Chelsea Fringe – London Garden No 8
Five Minutes Peace: a garden to sit in, a poem to read, and a prompt to write to … No 8. (Find out more about what this is all about here.) QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL ROOF TOP GARDEN, SOUTH BANK Several years ago, on a trip to Hong Kong, I was desperate to sit in a garden…
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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. 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…