"Sacha" wrote
"Sacha" wrote
That's my point. I don't know what the average garden size is in this
country but apparently both gardens and houses have been getting
considerably smaller since the last war. Perceptions have changed
accordingly, I imagine.
Sacha
Pffffff !
You want to come over here to Holland - the majority of gardens are postage
stamp size :~(
A 'small;' garden in England seems huge to me :~)
Jenny
We've both just read Roy Strong's book about his own garden "The Lasket" and
he is immensely complimentary about the Dutch and what they do with their
tiny gardens. Small IS beautiful! ;-)
Sacha
I don't know if you mean now or in the past, but I must say that on average the
'regular' Dutch garden is probably better laid out and looked after than the
average British one !! (ducking down to avoid flames)
This is due to the very cheap prices of plants here. 'Normal' people in Holland
do not really garden as the British do. They don't have to grow seeds or take
cuttings as things are so readily available for next to nothing. They just go
out and buy and instant garden down the garden centre.
The British excel in really good specialist gardens but I am always disheartened
when I go down roads in UK towns where there might be only one 'proper' garden
in the whole street.
Jenny