tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post2293046530742180311..comments2024-03-23T20:10:59.775+00:00Comments on greentapestry : The Blog Post Formerly Known As ......Annahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794392333038962798noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-54840568333519122232010-02-11T22:17:28.494+00:002010-02-11T22:17:28.494+00:00What a gem of a garden and to think I nearly misse...What a gem of a garden and to think I nearly missed it but for VP.Joannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12905137222286141548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-84536211156221104002010-01-28T18:07:58.641+00:002010-01-28T18:07:58.641+00:00So, I now have more to add to my Amazon basket!
V...So, I now have more to add to my Amazon basket!<br /><br />Very beautiful it all is and thanks for the tip off re 'Landscape Man' on Ch4Rob (ourfrenchgarden)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05087218232138304239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-6703226413117659542010-01-28T14:01:30.610+00:002010-01-28T14:01:30.610+00:00What luck for all of us that you arrived here on a...What luck for all of us that you arrived here on a Thursday Anna!! This garden speaks to me and when I click on the images I feel as if drawn further in. It may seem wild but wow! There are so many plants packed in there ... even Agapanthus! A great deal of maintenance do you think? Thrilling to see this and yes I agree with others here that these gardens are similar to Oudolf. Fabulous post!! Your photographs are just stunning!! ;>)Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-88868396747794730082010-01-28T08:45:27.772+00:002010-01-28T08:45:27.772+00:00Such a beautiful place and filled with a lot of my...Such a beautiful place and filled with a lot of my favourite plants. I click the pictures to enlarge =) I'll put this garden on my Gardens-to-visit-list / gittangittanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353416536540035191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-29714013246682427872010-01-28T02:09:38.905+00:002010-01-28T02:09:38.905+00:00aloha anna,
such a wonderful tour, i enjoyed it t...aloha anna,<br /><br />such a wonderful tour, i enjoyed it tremendously and all the fall colors and grasses are at their peak here....what a fantastic visit...thank you for sharing your virtual tour with us....i loved how the pictures pop to fill a whole page when you click on each picture...wow!Noel Moratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457118286298824928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-65810306230753082582010-01-27T00:02:50.708+00:002010-01-27T00:02:50.708+00:00Fascinating Anna. I have some of his books and th...Fascinating Anna. I have some of his books and this garden is one I will visit some day. I probably don't share his sensibility entirely being much more the kind of person to go with what you have than to bring in a JCB and mould the landscape. I am also not a lover of grasses even though I have shifted from an utterly anti to a maybe sometimes stance.<br />Still I do think he is a great gardener and an original thinker.<br />Really interesting to see so many pictures in grey weather too!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-36672380301104469582010-01-26T22:25:26.804+00:002010-01-26T22:25:26.804+00:00I would not have guessed this garden was in Englan...I would not have guessed this garden was in England! What a wonderful variety of textures. Thank you for taking us there.Pam's English Gardenhttp://www.pamsenglishgarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-76785781390915629992010-01-26T19:01:53.729+00:002010-01-26T19:01:53.729+00:00How lucky that you arrived back on a Thursday othe...How lucky that you arrived back on a Thursday otherwise you would have missed this gem. Your photos are fabulous and I'll definitely watch out for the programme later in the year.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-59935302059121150002010-01-26T14:36:37.209+00:002010-01-26T14:36:37.209+00:00I agree with Grace that it doesn't look like y...I agree with Grace that it doesn't look like your typical English garden (said as a non-Englishperson). But beautiful, and another great destination discovered on Blotanical that I'm putting on my must-visit gardens list.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16956948481990170675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-68825475172081325152010-01-26T11:47:13.289+00:002010-01-26T11:47:13.289+00:00Dear Anna, you post was well worth the wait! I ne...Dear Anna, you post was well worth the wait! I need the Wildside book. The mutterings of Himself remind us very much of The Financier. But I want to say that over the many years of these types of sidetrips, I think he is getting much more interested and excited about the garden himself. He has learned the names of many of the plants and pays attention to their growth and vigor. This is from a man who at one time sprayed a plant that was growing in the brick patio that had just been pointed out as something good, do not weedwhack, pull or hurt this plant, with roundup. I was so mad that I moved to the downstairs bedroom. It proves that a horse CAN change his colors. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-27543661405817121482010-01-25T23:41:06.132+00:002010-01-25T23:41:06.132+00:00Anna,
What a beautiful, beautiful place. I think ...Anna,<br />What a beautiful, beautiful place. I think it would have been hard for me to leave. The plantings remind me a bit of those featured in the book "Plant Driven Design" by Scott Ogden and Lauren Springer Ogden. Thank you so much for sharing this.Liisahttp://liisainvermont.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-56448615374290353592010-01-25T21:12:30.299+00:002010-01-25T21:12:30.299+00:00Another wonderful respite from winter Anna, with t...Another wonderful respite from winter Anna, with this walk through Wildside. I did click on the photos and they look even better close up - so much detail. As other readers have commented, this style of naturalistic planting is somewhat removed from the more commonly accepted 'English' style of gardening and reminds me of the exotic gardens at The Old Vicarage in Norfolk (you will find a post on my blog if you are interested - back in July or so I think, I would be interested in what you think of it?)<br />It was surely fate that you visited Wildside that day, the only day it was open!<br />Thanks for all these interesting links and also for the tip off for Landscape Man - I look forward to watching that later in the year.<br /><br />Jeanne xReading Tea Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16928999793157507134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-59504900338666754932010-01-25T12:58:32.482+00:002010-01-25T12:58:32.482+00:00Dear Anna, Oh dear, I find myself isolated from so...Dear Anna, Oh dear, I find myself isolated from so many of the other comments here.<br /><br />I have to admit falling in love with The Garden House before the arrival of Keith Wiley. Then the visitor descended a sharp incline and entered through a narrow garden door into a secret, walled garden, formally arranged but with unrestrained planting. Absolutely magical. From the house, a lawned area melted into the moors. During KW's time there, it seemed to me that it moved very far from the original conception by Lionel Fortescue which I very much preferred.<br /><br />It is perhaps better that KW now has the freedom to explore these ideas in his own garden, but I wonder how comfortably it sits in the surrounding English landscape?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-66723879801824238072010-01-25T11:27:01.966+00:002010-01-25T11:27:01.966+00:00How lovely to revisit Wildside again through your ...How lovely to revisit Wildside again through your photos. It's funny how just a few weeks later the garden had already changed - I don't remember the agapanthus or rudbeckia later flowerers had already taken their place. What struck me most was the incredible textures of the planting. I wonder what it is like at this time of year..Arabella Sockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10936438011119860497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-1962178681938441992010-01-25T09:07:17.717+00:002010-01-25T09:07:17.717+00:00Just read Teza's comment. We spoke a bit about...Just read Teza's comment. We spoke a bit about Oudolf's style afterwards because I mentioned it was a refreshing change to see lots of other plants used. Whilst I like Oudolf's style, I'm getting a bit fed up of the same plants being used such as echinacea/grass/rudbeckia/grass.<br /><br />It's clear from Keith's talk that he's basing his style not on Oudolf, but 25 years at the Garden House combined with his own observations of how plants combine in the wild from his extensive travels in places like South Africa, New Zealand and South America.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-74961791084714231032010-01-25T09:03:04.809+00:002010-01-25T09:03:04.809+00:00What timing! Keith Wiley spoka at Bath Uni gardeni...What timing! Keith Wiley spoka at Bath Uni gardening club last week and I'll be posting about it later on this week.<br /><br />I'll link to both yours and Arabella's posts.<br /><br />He had some interesting things to say about the filming!<br /><br />And I also have a signed copy of the Wild Side book - it's gorgeous isn't it!VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-56066849165678651592010-01-25T04:33:47.313+00:002010-01-25T04:33:47.313+00:00Hi Anna, this garden looks like what Mother Nature...Hi Anna, this garden looks like what Mother Nature would do herself if she were just a tad more organized and all her kids did as she tells them :)<br /><br />Lovely!Northern Beauty Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07805215769692200647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-24497956136358970622010-01-25T04:21:50.557+00:002010-01-25T04:21:50.557+00:00Anna~~ Is it me or is this the anti-English garden...Anna~~ Is it me or is this the anti-English garden? It appears much more in keeping with the Pacific Northwest landscape. Not that we have exclusive rights. Obviously perfection has no boundaries. <br /><br />Now I've got that song stuck in my brain. Do do do do...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-28468671176648990032010-01-25T03:21:12.153+00:002010-01-25T03:21:12.153+00:00Thank you for finally getting around to posting ab...Thank you for finally getting around to posting about your visit to the Wildside. I had heard Keith Wiley left The Garden House, but didn't know anything about his new garden. I thoroughly enjoyed reading On the Wildside. I recall Keith's story of planting two pines together, one virtually on its side, just to get the right effect. Hearing how he sculpted his land is an inspiration. It makes me want to buy a tractor and start over. Amazing how he can combine so many different plants to such pleasing, stimulating and thought-provoking effect.James Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12718058779971621920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-19243126616383602362010-01-25T00:58:24.378+00:002010-01-25T00:58:24.378+00:00I loved looking at the pictures of these gardens. ...I loved looking at the pictures of these gardens. I can't wait for the day I get to see some of these gardens in person.Catherine@AGardenerinProgresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05001060769253273283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-62916410558349824132010-01-25T00:41:36.071+00:002010-01-25T00:41:36.071+00:00It looks so natural... As the Nature itself create...It looks so natural... As the Nature itself created it. I see why it was so difficult to select pictures for a post. Thank you for posting them. Each one can be a source for the ideas for my garden.Tatyana@MySecretGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230255354868127650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-29107167344087015742010-01-25T00:37:17.633+00:002010-01-25T00:37:17.633+00:00What wonderful images you have shared with us Anna...What wonderful images you have shared with us Anna - thank you. I particularly like the first one, the garden is quite inspirational.<br />KKaren - An Artist's Gardenhttp://www.artistsgarden.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-29052766992012113792010-01-24T20:24:10.282+00:002010-01-24T20:24:10.282+00:00Very cool! I have Wiley's book On the Wild Sid...Very cool! I have Wiley's book On the Wild Sidebut haven't done any real experimentation myself. We have a lot of wild areas that are free range to native plants, so I call that my wild garden. Very low maintenance--I just admire it as I walk through it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-55337818630820554722010-01-24T19:50:21.768+00:002010-01-24T19:50:21.768+00:00And yet another garden on my UK-wishlist...And yet another garden on my UK-wishlist...AnneTannehttp://annetanne.benoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12357501.post-44790822520388064472010-01-24T19:16:53.047+00:002010-01-24T19:16:53.047+00:00Anna:
Keith Wiley's book 'Shade: Planting...Anna:<br /><br />Keith Wiley's book 'Shade: Planting Solutions for Shady Gardens,' was one of my first purchases and has steadfastly remained a favourite! This is a wonderful winter respite - such a spectacular garden that tends to lend itself to Odulf's planting schemes as well. <br /><br />Weather here is warming with calls for rain. The West coast is home to the Winter Olympics in about two weeks time.... I do not envy them the warm weather they are also receiving! Thanks for rescuing me from yet another dreary grey day. Fabulous photographs as well!Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734807639763465706noreply@blogger.com