{"id":127862,"date":"2022-07-20T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-new-garden-is-blooming-and-each-plant-holds-a-clue-about-its-previous-owner-damian-barr\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T14:10:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T07:10:52","slug":"my-new-garden-is-blooming-and-each-plant-holds-a-clue-about-its-previous-owner-damian-barr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-new-garden-is-blooming-and-each-plant-holds-a-clue-about-its-previous-owner-damian-barr\/","title":{"rendered":"My new garden is blooming \u2013 and each plant holds a clue about its previous owner | Damian Barr"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNorth facing and sloped, it sounds like an unimpressive patch of outdoor space. But there are thoughtful touches everywhere, thanks to the gardener who once tended itIt takes a full year to really get to know a garden and my husband and I have only been in our new house for some of spring, and enough of summer to get sunburnt putting washing out. I\u2019m always discovering new plants and I\u2019m learning about the people who chose them, as they\u2019ve left behind green and growing clues.The back garden faces north on a steep slope running away from the house \u2013 exactly the conditions that get Gardeners\u2019 Question Time panellists clutching at their pearls. It will be ideal for rolling Easter eggs. But there\u2019s always something growing on or popping up \u2013 the previous owners planted interest for every season, sometimes for every day.Damian Barr is the author of Maggie & Me and You Will Be Safe Here, and presents the BBC\u2019s Big Scottish Book Club Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a letter of up to 300 words to be considered for publication, email it to us at guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading…
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