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Feb 16

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It may not look like much,
not with all these other distractions,
but we make things holy by the kind of attention we give them.~ Martin Shaw, Smoke Hole: Looking to the Wild in the Time of the Spyglass

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Feb 8

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Thank you
@houseandgardenuk resharing:A courtyard garden is, as we put it, ‘a place of wonder’: an enclosed, often private space that can feel like an extra room of the house, only with all the natural possibilities of the outdoors. It’s no surprise, then, that this was our most-read garden story of 2025. From city houses to country homes, we’ve looked back through the House & Garden archive to see how designers have approached these spaces with imagination and restraint — softening hard walls with climbers, choosing paving with care, and using scent and proportion to transformative effect. As garden designer Angel Collins reminds us, ‘it’s important to look at your house and decide what will suit it, and then stick to a maximum of three elements.’ The result, when done well, is something quietly transportive. Discover our favourite courtyard gardens — and the ideas to borrow — at the link in bio.1. @marianboswall by @horwoodphoto for @steph_hill_designs
2. @consideredthings shot by @horwoodphoto
3. @cearadonnelleyltdco @harrisongreennyc by @dean.hearne
4. @davidmoneyarchitects @jinny.blom by @michaelsinclair
5. @ritakonig @butterwakefield by @michaelsinclair@reshare_app @marianboswallstudio

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Feb 2

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When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give oﬀ such hints of gladness,
I would almost say that they save me, and daily.
I am so distant from the hope of myself,
in which I have goodness, and discernment,
and never hurry through the world
but walk slowly, and bow down.
Around me the trees stir in their leaves
and call out, “Stay awhile.”
The light flows from their branches.
And they call again, “It’s simple,” they say,
“and you too have come
into the world to do this, to go easy, to be filled
with light, and to shine.~ Mary OliverCandlemas today, returning of the light. ✨ A discernible shift between the raindrops!
Have a wonderful week.

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Jan 26

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You are not looking for answers. All of the answers are already here. You are looking for the questions. Know your questions and you will see the answers.~ Monica Gagliano

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Jan 22

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Get @reshare_app • @42acresretreat “When Seth and Lara Tabatznik founded 42 Acres in Somerset, their intention was to create a regenerative retreat centre that would feed both mind and body, following the principles of ‘Soil, Soul, Society’ of friend and mentor Satish Kumar. The name 42 Acres is a light-hearted reference to ‘the answer to life, the universe and everything’ from the popular 1980s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.In 75 actual hectares (180 acres) of the magical Selwood Forest was a 2.5-hectare (6-acre) lake. This is now a wetland teeming with life, from swallows to kingfishers and owls, thanks mainly to a family of beavers that have built dams and extended habitat across 3.25 hectares (8 acres), The retreat centre is fed from a walled garden that grows food curated for the health benefits and tastes the chefs want to add to their menu. Food miles are reduced by growing sweet ingredients like stevia and beetroot instead of using imported sugar cane; exotic lemons are replaced by lemon balm or lemon verbena. Mushrooms are grown on logs and forage plants added to hedgerows and fields. The peace and nurturing intention are evident from the materials used through to the management style.”— @marianboswall, The Kindest Garden, A Practical Guide to Regenerative Gardening. Winner, Garden Book of the Year 2025🌸 🌸 🌸Join Marian and Brid Walsh this spring equinox for a Wild Weekend Retreat on the theme of “Listening to The Land.” Designed to nurture our capacity to receive and respond to the visible and invisible voices of the world around us.🌸 Wild Weekend: Listening To The Land
🌸 Spring Equinox: Fri 20 - Sun 22 March
🌸 Link in bio#LandListening #LandEnergyHealing #NatureRetreat #springequinox📷 @jasoningram 🫶

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Jan 16

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Get @reshare_app • @landartcollectiveAPPLICATIONS NOW OPEN + Our NEW Online Series is available to sign up to if you can’t join our in~person Residency🌻Link in bio or DM / Comment for direct link 🌱
Landartagency.com/listeninghome ✨Lessons in Listening is a residency that guides participants through a programme of creative experiences that attune & develop abilities to listen to the seen and the unseen voices of those we co-exist amongst, with creative practices inspired by the Land, Sea & Sky.The world communicates creatively and we, as humans, are embedded with all of the tools to join in this universal conversation collaboratively. Just as the trees are learning from each other and conversing deep through their roots and the moon from her starlit throne is conducting the tides, language between us all takes many shapes and forms and this residency intends to reveal the myriads of opportunities we have to explore this communication together. A communication that ushers in flourishing futures built on collaborative networks of communication and listening with all beings of the Land, Sea & Sky.This residency will evolve your connection to your most creative self, inspire your practice, connect you deeply to the great and small, to the seen and unseen worlds we are in participation with and nurture and restore your perspective for possibility, personally and collectively. 🕯️🐚🕊️@marianboswall
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Dec 24

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A North easterly wind now
The low western light.
Good things cookingMerry Christmas 🎶 from my kitchen to yours.

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Dec 21

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To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.~ Wendell BerrySolstice wishes ✨🌚🌝✨

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Dec 16

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Midwintering.Our Studio Christmas celebration was a deeply nourishing day with the wonderful Michael Wachter, making foraged medicines, sharing stories, pot luck gifts of food and drink and trying new pickles and some unusual and downright curious tastes ~ full of spirit and gut gifting properties.Michael trained as a landscape architect originally, learnt to forage when stranded on a desert island (I kid you not!) and is an ethnobotanist, men’s breathwork coach and deeply beautiful human being, as well as a senior gardener at @greatdixterofficialWe are so lucky to be close by, and this was a perfect way for us as a team to celebrate all the things we love about living in connection with the land.🙏 @humankeystone.uk
@marianboswallstudio 🎶

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Dec 15

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When you let go of fear..Coming up to the solstice and reflecting on a year of morning walks and sunrise thoughts. This song sung by the wonderful @seth_tabatznik is a bit of a mantra I often remind myself of when wondering what I should do…Seth is cofounder of @betheearth.foundation and @42acresretreat and I feel that you can hear in the song that he is one who has walked the path he sings us along, and it is richer for that.Have a lovely week.

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Dec 10

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We have never understood how birds manage to fly,
Nor the genius is who makes up dreams,
Nor how heaven and earth can appear in a poem.~ Robert Bly

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Dec 6

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Garden Book of the Year 2025 🎶
I really didn’t expect this!I wrote The Kindest Garden because it was the book I wished I’d had by my side as a grower and designer over the last 25 years. I wanted to share my approach and the knowledge I’ve gathered with the many brilliant growers designers and land stewards who are working so hard to make a difference right now.I am beyond thrilled that it has resonated with so many people and that the @gdnmediaguild judges ~ who are all top of their own fields in writing editing and publishing ~ found it a worthy winner in a very strong year for good garden books.I love the cover and @jasoningram’s photos are stunning ~ this was my second collaboration with friend and guide @jasoningram who always makes it a joy to photograph soil microbes at sunrise!Big thanks to @alicefagraham who believed in the book from the beginning and increased its size twice to fit in more information! Thanks to Glenn Howard designer and the whole the team @franceslincolnpub part of @quartobooksuk.Thanks to my team @marianboswallstudio who drew up axos and diagrams, masterplans and planting plans and researched and crunched numbers for things like environmental product declarations, water calculators etc and proofread many times!And thanks to my dear friend @aritanderson who took the video of wonderful @errolreubenfernandes reading the judges feedback just before she received the well deserved Outstanding Contribution Award.Thank you @stihlgb for sponsoring the award and @xantheelbrickphotography for the portrait of the writer with her dog.. 🐾If you’ve read this far I am happy to sign dedications and send as stickers to insert into any Christmas gift copies, so dm me if you’d like one. And thank you for being here!

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Dec 1

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The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.People are going back and forth across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.~ Rumi

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Nov 30

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Food is fundamental..
Fascinating evening @farmacyfarm hearing @davidavocadowolfe on Rudolf Steiner’s teachings around biodynamic farming.
Wonderful to be in the Forest Row community ~ the perfect place to grow a farm.
Fabulous food grown by @annadelial and cooked by @olwyngwynne Beautifully
curated thank you @carlotaldeoliveira & team
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Nov 17

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The world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper~ W B Yeats

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