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Apr 15

Sometimes despite it all you need to just fluff out your tutu, and dance.#lessonsfromthetrees
#lessonsfromnature

Apr 13

I’m a huge fan of the NGS which raises so much money for great causes by encouraging beautiful private gardens to open for visitors. So it’s very exciting that
@theoldrectorygarden is opening for the first time this coming week. Originally designed by @arnemaynardgardendesign and now excellently curated by @gregbarkeruk and head gardener @sharneegates entry is by advanced tickets only, from @ngseastsussex. Parking at the church.Whilst there’s sure to be tea and cake I only hope this becomes a tradition that in time will include some of @mrgeorgeprassas legendary cooking, and that a cookbook follows…

Apr 12

When I was five and we lived in Scotland I got stuck on sheet ice with my skis wrapped around a barbed wire fence above a deep burn. My father saw what had happened and side stepped all the way up the hill, untangled me and got me down.When I was twelve and we lived in Naples I got the mast of my little sailing dinghy caught in the ropes tied between a tug boat and a war ship. The sea was full of jelly fish and I was afraid. My father saw what had happened and dived straight off the jetty and swam the 100 odd metres to sort me out.In my twenties he rescued me from the top of a hill fort where I’d got my car stuck at midnight and he drove to Oxford at dawn to rescue me another time. There were others..Always fit and always adventurous he was also quite good at getting us stuck, and I have walked out of many an off piste foray with him that didn’t quite end up at the location or altitude we needed to get home going downhill only. And that was before we had skins.Duty bound and deeply honourable, he loved to party and to laugh and was always organising something, but wore his many chairmanships so lightly I didn’t even know about some of them, until yesterday when my son told us in his Tribute. A full church, flowers by friends, lots of local, many far flung and many many Royal Marine friends.At the end of his life he wanted nothing more than to meet his God. He is survived by my mother, his wife of 67 years.Thank you, to so many friends and to
@rmbandservice @thermcharity for being there yesterday and over the past few months.

Mar 27

RosesEveryone now and again wonders about
those questions that have no ready
answers: first cause, God's existence,
what happens when the curtain goes
down and nothing stops it, not kissing,
not going to the mall, not the Super
Bowl."Wild roses," I said to them one morning.
"Do you have the answers? And if you do,
would you tell me?"The roses laughed softly. "Forgive us,"
they said. "But as you can see, we are
just now entirely busy being roses."from Felicity
by Mary OliverA recent and perfectly timed addition from the wonderful @sherlockandpages#maryoliver
#poetry

Mar 15

Back where it started.
Wonderful to bring my finished baby book back to @42acresretreat and the tiny boat where I listened to the lake and wrote in the moonlight.Preorder from @sherlockandpages in the south west @sevenoaksbookshop in the south east.. @toppingsedin in the north.. add your favourite local in the comments below or choose
@bookshop_org_uk for a percentage to go to your local independent bookshop.@jasoningram
@betheearth.foundation 🙏
@quartobooksuk#thekindestgarden
#buymorebooks
#regeneration
#regenerativedesign

Mar 13

Posted @withregram • with HUGE thanks to @gardens_illustrated •
Although we like to champion women throughout the year, International Women’s Day is an opportunity to salute some of the women doing great things throughout the horticultural industry in the UK today.For our list of 32 of the top women garden designers working in the UK today, head to the link in our bioPictured here :@sarahpricelandscapes
@aritanderson
@emilyerlam
@marianboswall📸 Jason Ingram, Dave Bennett/Getty, Tom Parsons, Katy Spicer
And many more women featured including @MarieLouiseAgius , @Jinny.Blom @JaneBrockbank , @Pollyanna_Wilkinson @JulietSargeant @TaniaCompton @aralennoxboyd , @SarahEberlelandscape#design #gardendesign #designmygarden #designinspiration #plantingdesign #womendesigners #womeningardens #internationalwomensday #IWD2025 #inspiringwomen

Mar 12

This book comes from the work I have done so far, and a desire to share knowledge between gardeners, designers and growers at all scales.The Kindest Garden is about creating beautiful places where whole ecosystems can thrive; it’s about moving beyond an extractive system by putting back, nurturing ourselves and regenerating our surroundings.I hope you will take some optimism, some tools and practical ideas from the
examples and the approach I’m sharing – together with some
inspiration and questions to continue exploring.There are many imponderables to solve, and the more receptive we become the more questions we raise.What lies beneath the ocean and how do the planets affect us; how best is it to communicate with and coexist with the other beings on Earth and with ourselves; how many millions more unknown fungi, bacteria and viruses are there?These questions all need
researchers, and practitioners, with open minds. The pace
of learning is picking up and there is a bubbling hope in our
collective consciousness…💫✨💫Thank you to everyone Pre ordering The Kindest Garden.Preorders, Kind words, Shares and reviews make ALL the difference to how far a book reaches ~ it is out very soon and I can’t wait to share more!Thank you Jenny for these kind words and all that you share on @thelaundrygarden 🌱🙏Photography by @jasoningram
Published by @franceslincolnpub @quartobooksuk
@marianboswallstudio

Mar 9

Words are the best gifts, better than flowers and up there with a beautiful sunrise or a heartfelt hug. These words are a gift from Andy Cato: change maker, friend and all round good egg. Not only did he sell the rights to his music from Groove Armada to buy a farm and learn how to farm in harmony with nature, he has gone on to co-found Wildfarmed, bringing healthier flour and bread to as many guts as possible and healthy soil and water to the land. A true hero of our era, but more than that a really kind person.Despite his crazy schedule he read an early copy of The Kindest Garden and sent the review below.I hope you preorder it, read it and join in the fun in changing the way we grow and eat.“So many of our societal problems are rooted in the fact that we see ourselves outside of nature. Parks and reserves are created on the premise that for nature to prosper, humans must be removed.We must urgently rediscover our place as stewards of complexity, observing and cooperating with natural processes rather than trying to control and suppress them.This is what this beautiful book makes accessible, without any of the nuance being lost. It transforms the garden into a place where we can experience the endless symbiotic relationships that give nature its tendency towards abundance.On a dreary concrete office block recently, a huge piece of graffiti said simply “Be Kind”. In the Kindest Garden we learn the importance of these words when creating landscapes in which we can thrive.Much more than a gardening book, this is a practical and spiritual guide to reconnecting with nature.“~ Andy Cato#andycato
#groovearmada
#wildfarmed
#regenerativedesign
#marianboswall
@quartobooksuk
@marianboswallstudio

Mar 7

If you believe in intuitive insight, the road will open on its own accord.~ Masanobu FukuokaI could have world book day every day in my house of books and not choose all my favourites, but a tiny book that has had a huge influence on me and the world consciousness is The Dragonfly Will be the Messiah.I could quote pages, but it’s very small, so if you don’t know it, borrow a copy and let me know what you think.#masanobufukuoka

Mar 5

Trees for bees!Cornus mas, cornelian or European cherry, native to south and Western Europe and one of the very earliest bee forage feasts in the UK.With its small tart cherries in autumn it packs in a lot of nutrition for a small space in a garden. The cherries are edible for humans and birds, and used to make jam or a fruit leather in Western Europe. It also has a history of use in traditional Chinese medicine in which it is known as shānzhūyú (山茱萸) and used to retain the jing, which is the essence, a combination of yin and yang both inherited and developed, a concept similar to epigenetics.. of which more another day.#treesforbees
#pollinatorplants
#regenerativedesign

Mar 3

‘The Kindest Garden is a marvellous presentation of love and action for soil, plants and nature. Everyone who eats needs to be a gardener! A garden is not simply a source of food, it is a source for nourishment of our spirit. The Kindest Garden inspires, informs and encourages our love for the land.’~ Satish Kumar, Editor Emeritus, Resurgence magazine and Founder, Schumacher CollegeWhen you get to meet heroes and then they say kind things about your book!My thanks to the incredibly inspiring Satish Kumar @resurgencetrust @satish.kumar.foundation for these kind words. A jainian monk who walked across the world without money or food for world peace., I first met Satish @42acresretreat where he spoke with @bengoldsmith and introduced us over a weekend to his concept of Radical Love.See his book of that name, which I quote in The Kindest Garden!#thekindestgarden with photography by the brilliant @jasoningram is out on April 10th pub by @franceslincolnpub @quartobooksukPlease pre order and you could read Radical Love while you wait for it to arrive in April. 💚@schumachercollege
Photographed here at @petersham_nurseries
by @shevegapets 🙏#regenerativedesign
#regeneration

Mar 2

Beautiful Elmley Nature Reserve. The most loved and cared for abundance of wildlife and natural beauty.Thank you team at @elmleynature 🙏
#elmleynaturereserve
#rspb_love_nature
#chalktocoast

Feb 23

A few glimpses of a recent return to Lunuganga, Geoffrey Bawa’s home and masterpiece. The way he designs with the trees and the landscape have inspired me for years. He wasn’t shy to flatten the top of the rise to improve his vista, but his terraces and steps are built with trees and the nature details in his own bedroom are exquisite. His resting place is a simple stone and urn under a tree and his legacy as one of Sri Lanka’s greatest architects lives on in many places.A slight place of pilgrimage not only for us, there are usually other artists, wonderful architects and thoughtful people at the evening drinks on the lawn as the sun goes down.
A privilege to be there.@lunugangatrust
@geoffreybawatrust
@geoffrey.bawa.lunuganga

Feb 22

They say to write the book you need to read….Waterstones have 25% off on pre orders of The Kindest Garden 22-24 Feb. Use code PREORDER25. Available online and on the @waterstones app.I hope you read it back to front, leave it in the greenhouse and cover it in mud, and use it as a spring board for your own curiosity..#WPreorder
#thekindestgarden
@marianboswallstudio
@jasoningram 🙏📸
@quartobooksuk 🙏✍️
@alicefagraham
@franceslincolnpub

Feb 20

Everything is design inspiration!#regenerativedesign
#proforma for a maquette for a spot in a special garden
@marianboswallstudioWhat would it be for you?
#landscapearchitecture
#natureismytemple

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