{"id":116974,"date":"2020-06-07T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-07T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-feel-as-if-my-garden-has-finally-come-of-age-nigel-slater\/"},"modified":"2020-06-07T16:08:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-07T09:08:42","slug":"i-feel-as-if-my-garden-has-finally-come-of-age-nigel-slater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-feel-as-if-my-garden-has-finally-come-of-age-nigel-slater\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I feel as if my garden has finally come of age\u2019 | Nigel Slater"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAfter 20 years, three incarnations and some hedge heartbreak, Nigel Slater at long last has his perfect sanctuary \u2013 and without a blade of grass in sightI could barely wait to dig up the lawn. Getting rid of the rectangle of mown grass that passed for a garden was almost the first thing I did when I moved into my new home on a bitterly cold New Year\u2019s Day, 20 years ago. An act of vandalism to some, but to me the patch of brown earth, chips of broken china and old, soil-filled medicine bottles it left behind was just the blank canvas I needed.The wielding of the spade must have been symbolic, because I did nothing more outside for months. I wanted to create a place to think. A green space in which to clear my head in between recipes, or to untangle a knotted sentence. A lawn has its uses as a safe place for children to play, somewhere to kick a ball around or to sunbathe, but it wasn\u2019t the right garden for me. I don\u2019t find inspiration or peace in a neatly edged rectangle of grass. All I see is a wasted opportunity. I wanted a garden where my imagination could run, where I could make a home for bees, birds and butterflies and where I could escape to when the house was full of people. A place that would act as both inspiration and sanctuary. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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