The Jewel Garden

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The Complete Gardenershows gardeners how to create a self-sustainable, environmentally friendly garden for the 21st century. Writing as someone who suffers from Depression and has suffered from S.A.D since before it had a name, this book has given me a reset and removed some angst in regard to how I view myself. I have had issues with " volume " my entire life but never equated it to being connected to my depression... this has been a weight lifted from me.

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This is not a book about French Gardens. It is the story of a man travelling round France visiting a few selected French gardens on the way. I recieved this Book as one of my 20th Wedding Anniversary Gifts, the other being a Beautiful Porcelain Palette for my Watercolour Painting. Next year will be a year of garden painting I feel. Jewel garden" is a phrase that seems to have entered into British lingo, and I find myself wondering if the Dons were following a trend toward bright, clashing flower colors in gardens or whether they actually helped create it. Monty Don is the lead presenter on the above-mentioned venerable TV show for gardeners, so I've seen the actual Jewel Garden any number of times--brilliant flowers, often on absolutely huge plants, set off by towering grasses, the whole thing entirely over the top and yet entirely satisfying even when the plants flop over into the paths as they frequently do by midsummer.I spent the next spring and summer just cutting the rough grass and clearing the rubbish. I raked every inch three times, got to know the lay of this land intimately. All the time I was planning, dreaming and drawing. Condition: Good. LONDON. The Tower of London in 1597 1845 old antique vintage print picture. Antique wood engraving; Unsigned (1845). 11.0 x 13.5cm, 4.25 x 5.25 inches. Condition: Good. However, please note: Verso text quite apparent; May have a tight margin on one or more edges. There are images and/or text printed on the reverse side of the picture. In some cases this may be visible on the picture itself or around the margin of the picture. Homes Need Plantings as Jewels Need Settings Build a Garden Spot Around Your Home This Year Season of 1929'30 Classic Reprint Read this in between many long, difficult writing assignments. I am watching big dreams, small spaces along with my family and dreaming of restoring our garden to its former glory (?) A great many middle aged folk will remember how Thatcher-ism ended badly, many more will remember how it was never much more than misery.

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It is also the season of fruitfulness with the orchard providing over 50 different varieties of apples and the vegetable garden offering its final rich summer harvest. The love of gardening and the creation of garden runs through the entire book, it is the glue that holds all together.By mid September the garden is gently beginning to become wraith-like and withdrawn. It is as though the garden is disappearing somewhere where I cannot follow. Overwhelmingly honest, passionate, inspiring, with prose to die for... a meditation on family and love * Independent on Sunday *