Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
My other favorite main exhibit gardens were Cleve West’s Brewin Dolphin Garden, for its strong symmetrical design incorporating truly wonderful stonework, water rills and balance of structural as well as naturalistic planting – this was sensational, and...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
And I was incredibly lucky to visit the Chelsea Flower Show last week….so I’ll post a few pics over the next few days so you can see what I thought thrilling. The official wording for this garden: DMZ Forbidden Garden by Jihae Hwang, commemorating the...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
I’m just back from a most exciting launch at Koskela – where a brilliant collection of lampshades and baskets are there for all to see, enjoy, perhaps to buy. The colours are quite mesmerising, the shapes enchanting. I would simply love to have them all!...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
I love Saturday markets! And we’ve had so much going on lately, I just can’t keep up with propagating to ensure we have food to gather for our regular lunches (as well as feeding ourselves)…..so I always fill in my shortfall with Neil &...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
What a lovely scene behind my stall at yesterday’s Oaks Sport Horses open day….and WHAT a glorious day! The odd puddle is still around, but the landscape is almost luminous. This bucolic scene was the backdrop for an otherwise bustling day of horsey (and...
Sep 17, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Out & About
Well – the car is loaded to capacity once again, but this time I’m just popping up the road: Tomorrow, Sunday 11 March, is the Oaks Sport Horses Open Day. And among the rather splendid horses, will be a few small stalls, including me and some of my...