{"id":31262,"date":"2016-10-22T17:00:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-my-ultimate-plot-would-have-a-muddy-island-for-flamingos\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T17:02:22","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T10:02:22","slug":"me-and-my-garden-my-ultimate-plot-would-have-a-muddy-island-for-flamingos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/me-and-my-garden-my-ultimate-plot-would-have-a-muddy-island-for-flamingos\/","title":{"rendered":"Me and my garden: \u2018My ultimate plot would have a muddy island for flamingos\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nArthur Parkinson, pottery gardener, Stoke-on-TrentAs a child, I was obsessed with ornamental birds and chickens. I would ask to go to Chatsworth House to see the Duchess of Devonshire\u2019s poultry; and as a young teenager, I worked at a place called Newstead Abbey, which has peacocks. My love of colour and being outdoors led me into gardening. While I was learning the technical side at Kew Gardens, I started visiting my gardening idol, Sarah Raven, at Perch Hill Farm in Sussex. I was incredibly lucky to have three months house-sitting for her there. I learned to combine colours and forms in a container, using the floristry rule of a central heart or filler and a taller horizon.It is essentially container gardening on a grand scale here at the Emma Bridgewater ceramics factory. I\u2019m working with concrete, so I can\u2019t dig down. Instead, I go up with raised beds and dustbins, and fill them with flowers in sultry, stained-glass colours. We are the only pottery with a cut-flower garden. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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