{"id":22783,"date":"2016-08-13T16:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T09:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-it-is-our-cats-jungle\/"},"modified":"2016-08-13T17:02:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T10:02:19","slug":"me-and-my-garden-it-is-our-cats-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-it-is-our-cats-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"Me and my garden: \u2018It is our cat\u2019s jungle\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nJennifer Lee, potter, south LondonThe feeling of green and space is important. My studio is an old extension built into a small south London garden. I wanted the garden to be dense, lush, jungle-like. I love the bamboos from woodland around Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural park in Japan, where I\u00a0was an artist in residence. I love the skeletons of the enormous leaves and the way they wrap the trees with rushes in winter to protect them.Twenty-six years ago, this garden was full of builders\u2019 rubble and there was a red carpet (possibly a Wilton) that still appears from time to time when digging. Now we have a place to sit where I dry clay in the summer. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2016\/aug\/13\/me-and-my-garden-jennifer-lee-potter-south-london\" target=\"_blank\">Me and my garden: \u2018It is our cat\u2019s jungle\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Jennifer Lee, potter, south LondonThe feeling of green and space is important. 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