RE: two countries
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- Subject: RE: two countries
- From: V* M*
- Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:54:57 +0100
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Hello Claire,
What you say about our using every inch in our gardens for plants is so
true.
A couple of months or more ago there was a short series on American
gardens/yards presented by Roy Lancaster. Unfortunately, it was only a few
minutes each week as it was included in one of our weekly tv gardening
programmes. There was one garden in particular that had a lot more planting
than lawn or hard surface - I cannot remember whether it belong to a garden
designer or whether he had designed it for a client. It was a beautiful
garden. It was said at the time that this was a radical change for American
gardens. Being a plant lover I find it difficult to understand why people
prefer lawn/hard surface to plants. Do you think that the concept of
gardening is changing in the States?
>>I once saw a garden in Tunston Wells (is that correct?) that was
completely
>>planted on a parking lot.
I think you may mean Tunbridge Wells, Claire.
>>The owner lived on the upper floor and the garden was planted in pots,
cans
>>and whathaveyou. There was a glorious rose over the building and a hedge.
>>The hedge was in square cans and had been there quite a while.
Your description of the 'potted' garden was lovely. The idea of planting in
containers has exploded over here in the past few years; perhaps because of
lack of land? My deck is littered with pots (which have to be moved so
that we can sit on it) and there are containers on the drive: annuals in the
summer and evergreens in the winter.
>>We have good things in both countries.
I do realise that, but I would still love more land for planting.
Valerie,
South Yorkshire, England
Zone 8
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