Perhaps that is what all gardens are: an ongoing dialogue between a person and a place, a conversation that can last a lifetime.
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There is something about holding a plant in your hand that makes the clarity you have been longing for at the drawing table click into place on the ground.
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The best gardens are like trusted friends.
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Perhaps that is how the name Beth rolled off her tongue, as if they had been friends for decades…
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It was a cold, blustery January day when I discovered the Forman Garden tucked on the northern side of the Conservatory.
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About a year and a half ago I stole some poppy seeds.
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Sweet Home Alabama | Where the skies are so blue | Sweet Home Alabama | Lord, I'm comin' home to you!
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"...There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don't know."
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A couple of weeks ago was Thanksgiving. It was a bit of a weird Thanksgiving for me because I found myself across the Atlantic ocean in the country the pilgrims first fled from...
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While I was sitting on top of the hill watching the sun set over the ocean, I had a frantic urge to write. I needed to capture the methodical crash of the waves against the cliffs...
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When I was 8 years old, I decided I was going to be a novelist. I think I heard about an 11 year old who wrote a series of novels about dragons and became a child prodigy. I remember thinking, "how hard can it be?"
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About three weeks ago I packed up my giant mother of a suitcase and headed north to Sheffield, which is located at the southern tip of Yorkshire on the edge of the Peak District...
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Since I have returned from my weekend at Sandhill Farm, I have realized that the garden really is Rosemary herself. Honest, beautiful, always changing.
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Hardly anyone has heard of Rousham. No dogs or children are allowed. It has no tea room or gift shop. All it has is a ticket machine, and for 5 pounds you can have one of the greatest gardens in the world...
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One of the first questions I asked Row was if Wisley was considered London. She replied, "No... Surrey, darling!" With this answer I knew I would like where we were headed.
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