The Spirit Of Things's Gardens Posts

June 03, 2020

City pavement gardens

A striking feature of many cities and towns is the spontaneous aggregation of escaped garden plants which decorate the margins of pavements. These pavement…

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May 12, 2020

Doorway Gardens

I am delighted in seeing a new trend in Bath where people in flats are beginning to populate, where they can, the entrance doorways of their buildings. It is a…

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May 11, 2020

Lower Common East allotments, Bath

On an early walk earlier this week near my house I popped in to visit the Lower Common East allotments in Bath, which is situated just up the road from where I…

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April 02, 2012

Matara Gardens in full spring

Had a lovely lunch at Matara Gardens yesterday. It was a balmy day with a hint of breeze and burgeoning colour.

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April 01, 2012

Spirngtime in Bath Botanical Garden

Should you visit the beautiful Georgian city of Bath in England you should take a walk through Victoria Park into the Bath Botanical Gardens. This is a…

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March 26, 2012

Matara Gardens at Springs Edge

Today I spent a lovely hour drifting through the Matara Gardens of Wellbeing near Kingscote in Gloucestershire. There is a certain tranquiility in this special…

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March 20, 2012

Matara Gardens of Wellbeing

20th March 2012 Matara's Vision Matara [matara.co.uk] is dedicated to the full expression of the human spirit centred on community and a deeper relationship…

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Feb. 28, 2012

Matara Gardens at winter's edge

The Matara Gardens of Wellbeing [matara.co.uk] are about the Celebrations of Life. As their website says: " The Matara Gardens of Wellbeing have been designed…

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May 05, 2008

A spring day at the National Botanic Garden of Wales

The National Botanic Garden of Wales There is a gem of a garden [gardenofwales.org.uk] situated at the western end of the M4 Motorway in Britain. It opened in…

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April 19, 2008

A spring day at Kew Gardens

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, London Kew Gardens is one of the most famous gardens and botanical scientific institutions in the world and receives over 1…

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