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By Hole Ousia Posted on July 8, 2021July 8, 2021

blossom

This film is for every gardener however wild. I left the following out of this film:

Categories: Family history, gardens, Omphalos films, Philosophy, Poems, Scotland, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: An orchard for an apple, Andrew Robert Gordon, Antiquary, blossom, blossomest blossom, Bridge of Allan, Dai and Eileen, discovery of the scholarly gardener recalled, Dr Peter Gordon, Eileen Georgeson, garden, gardener, gentle gardener, Hole Ousia, Mossgrove, Omphalos, Omphalos films, orchard, Peter Gordon, Peter John Gordon, Rachel Fiona Gordon, rebel antiquary, scholarly gardener remembered, second to the right and straight on till morning, Sian Fiona Williams, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Gentle Gardener, The Rebel Antiquary, This film is for every gardener however wild, Tor-na-coille, Walnut Grove

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 28, 2021

Summer flooer

Summer poppies are beginning to flooer in oor meadow.

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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 15, 2021May 15, 2021

Keep wondering

Muses of a gardener growing auld. Filmed in Mossgrove garden in the Spring of 2021. [Please forgive my narcissistic tendencies but really, I am the only human-scale, madcap-enough to feature … Continue reading Keep wondering

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By Hole Ousia Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Outside medicine he was a keen gardener

A few years ago I spent a week exploring Scottish gardens that had been tended by a namesake – Peter Gordon, ‘Jobbing Gardener, Forres’. I had considered that, despite having … Continue reading Outside medicine he was a keen gardener

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