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Leaves & Rakes
I enjoyed reading a recent instagram post by Sneeboer about gas-powered blowers being outlawed. We use rakes and brooms as much as we can - no smelly exhaust fumes and oh-so quiet!
The Story Behind the Ladders
Discovering some excellent Japanese tripod ladders at Great Dixter while on a work practicum.
I thought, "Someone must sell these ladders in Canada. I could sell them!" I wrote to Jake Hobson who sells them in the UK and he put me in touch with the folks at Hasegawa in Japan. And, as they say, the rest is history.
British Garden Tours - September 2013
Six days in London, each day I went to a different garden in or within striking distance of London.
- The Garden Museum & Dan Pearson installation
- RHS Wisley & the impressive long borders
- Kew Gardens
- Chelsea Physic Gardens
- Beth Chatto Gardens, Colchester - home of right plant, right place
- Battersea Park & Sarah Price installation