Garden Ornaments

Wind chasers, birdbaths, toadstools, tortoises, ladybugs, garden gnomes… Each time I see one, I’d try to envision how it’d look in the garden. I’d look for them at garden centres, flea markets and car boot sales. I’d bargain and plead. I’ve lugged home ornaments from abroad that take up almost half my luggage space, and would [...]

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The birdbath

I first saw it in the English countryside about twenty years ago. It was summer and the wheat fields of Hopton were splashed red with scarlet poppies, much like a Monet watercolour.  With thatched cottages and windmills in the vicinity, it was picture postcard perfect.  My aunt’s English cottage garden was brimming over with rudbeckias, [...]

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