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Snowdrops
On Thu, 8 Jan 2004 13:34:49 -0000, Janice wrote:
"Sacha" wrote in message news:BC2300F1.12F24% Makes me think of the Gertrude Jekyll 'joke' that gets recycled here every so often: "no matter how small your garden, always set aside an acre for woodland". ;-) I read yesterday that Prince Charles's Highrove "only" employs 10 gardeners. It drives me wild when books or tv shows go on about "small" gardens and then show something close to an acre. If only I could have such a "small" garden! I have an interesting book on garden design, "Garden Planning" by W. S Rogers, published in 1910. As an English book from the Edwardian era, it naturally falls under suspicion of Jekyllism with respect to the definition of "small". Contrary to this suspicion, however, most of the garden designs in it are for quite small urban gardens, not the country estates of the filthy rich. I'm not sure how his suggested designs work out in practice, but the plans don't look bad at all. A book worth seeking out by those interested in garden design issues. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [change "atlantic" to "pacific" and "invalid" to "net" to reply by email] |
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