seed heads
Alliums, artichokes and teasels in Bannockburn House garden, 16 Sept 2025.
Tag: gardener
from End to End
This short artistic film is about a gardener, who I call ‘the gentle gardener’. This Victorian gardener carried the same name as I do. He died in 1885 aged 57 … Continue reading from End to End
Chapter Two of Part Three of ‘Decline and Fall’
In Chapter Two of Part Three of ‘Decline and Fall’ by Evelyn Waugh, the prison Governor asks ‘D.4.12’ [Paul Pennyfeather]: ‘I wonder whether you have narcissistic tendencies? Did you lead … Continue reading Chapter Two of Part Three of ‘Decline and Fall’
the garden moved in the breeze
To play “the garden moved in the breeze” please click here. Music Credit: ‘Idiot’ by Lloyd Cole Mossgrove garden:
Tuesday afternoons at Bannockburn
Those Tuesday afternoons. friends to our friendship. old walled garden Tuesday afternoons. learning from one another – our growth is borderless.
Ian’s ideas
Ian Hamilton Finlay continues to inspire what I do.
Garden Cottage
I recently purchased an old booklet at a local book sale. The book contained recipes and was titled: Teatime at Airthrey. It contained this sketch of Garden Cottage, Airthrey: This … Continue reading Garden Cottage