Diversity in gardens

sandy · 01-11-2006, 09:15 PM

Thanks, girls! My Dutch neighbours say things like, "well at least you have a bit of colour, but it's awfully crammed and untidy!" LOLOLOL!

The Dutch don't get the cottage garden thing. They have 3 or 4 plants and huge expanses of brown soil which they hoe faithfully every day. Then they wonder why all the cats poo in their gardens and not in mine!

Kazz · 01-11-2006, 09:46 PM

An English Garden abroad - thats a nice thought.

yola · 01-11-2006, 10:21 PM

I didn't know the Dutch went in for the minimalist 'zen' gardening

There you go - you learn something new each day

Kazz · 01-11-2006, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by yola

I didn't know the Dutch went in for the minimalist 'zen' gardening

There you go - you learn something new each day

Maybe they are really Japanesse

sandy · 02-11-2006, 10:04 PM

Do the Japanese go in for French Marigolds? LOL!

dandysmom · 02-11-2006, 10:15 PM

Actually, I love the look of Japanese gardens, but they're too minimalist for me...I need lots and lots of plants and lots of color...and I live in the City with a small lot!!

sandy · 02-11-2006, 11:09 PM

I'm reading a delightful book on a British couple who lived in Italy. Italians have gardens that look like cemeteries, apparently.

Seems the British excel in this one area of domestic culture.

Kazz · 02-11-2006, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sandy

I'm reading a delightful book on a British couple who lived in Italy. Italians have gardens that look like cemeteries, apparently.

Seems the British excel in this one area of domestic culture.

We excel in loads we just export gardening

dandysmom · 03-11-2006, 03:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Kazz

We excel in loads we just export gardening

Sounds an interesting book, Sandy; would like the title. Thanks!

sandy · 03-11-2006, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dandysmom

Sounds an interesting book, Sandy; would like the title. Thanks!

It's very interesting and extremely amusing, Dandysmom. This is the real Italy, warts and all, not an account written by some stockbroker who has gone off to a British colony in Tuscany to make his own pasta and play at being a native for a year.

Tim Parks, Italian neighbours: An Englishman in Verona. Published by Vintage.

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