being and becoming in the world
Yesterday, volunteer gardeners for Bannockburn House Garden visited Drummond Castle Garden. We had a wonderful guided tour of the garden by Audrey. Thanks go to Margaret Pollock for organising this … Continue reading A visit to Drummond Castle Garden
A timeline: Honeybrae, Aberdeen, where the poet Byron stayed in 1978: 30th January 1858, Aberdeen Herald: 1865, Ordnance Survey map: 16th January 1884, Aberdeen Free Press: 1895, Ordnance Survey map: … Continue reading Honeybrae
It was my wife Sian that came across this online event to celebrate what would have been the hundredth year of Ian Hamilton Finlay. As the event closed, I was … Continue reading Avant Gardener
Those Tuesday afternoons. friends to our friendship. old walled garden Tuesday afternoons. learning from one another – our growth is borderless.
Yesterday, Bobby and Margaret demonstrated to Sam and Peter how they set out the cut-grass labyrinth in the walled garden. Here are a few images:
To play ‘the Gardener’ please click here. Opening voice: Simon Schama, ‘Story of us’ Music credit: Damon Albarn, ‘The Universal’ [live on the Jonathan Ross show]
This 3 part series by Simon Schama was wonderful. This was the review in the Herald: The final episode concluded with these words by Simon Schama: “He writes that he’d … Continue reading Story of Us: Simon Schama