There is modern art around the roads leading in towards the city that has a humour. Raphael the artist grew up here and the contrasts in the way the land is segmented into wedges of valleys above lush thriving lines of vegetation betray the structures in his composition. There is form in the […]
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Villa Julia in Palermo sits facing the coast and uses the brisk sea air to make the perfect environment for the arid plants that thrive in this botanic garden. The forest garden techniques of planting vegetation at different levels (the oldest technique of horticulture) are referenced with Palms standing as sky scrapers […]
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That lost tourist on a Naples Street is me. Porto Molo Beverello is ahead not behind me. My left right zigzag hit a dead end because I cropped the pop out map, now swapped for Espresso and invasion stories crafted by cafe owners. Here I find a new friend; true Napoli. Enjoy more 50 word stories […]
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A Song for Garden Lovers to the tune of ‘Vogue’ “Oxford, Edinburgh, London Too Buckfast Abbey we love you! Gardens with an attitude, Fountains that were in the mood Don’t put heels on, let’s jump to it Wear a brogue brogue brogue!” In addition to communities who support Physic Gardens through the ages, […]
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Speaking English at school was probably a good plan in the long run but native language does mark a difference between who I am now and who I was when I stopped speaking Welsh as a child. There was a Welsh speaking school near Cowbridge, which was too far for me to travel to […]
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Funny what you can find beside a river; The Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1673, as the Apothecaries’ Garden, with the purpose of training apprentices in identifying plants. The river proves a good transport route so by the 1700′s a growing botanic garden seed exchange system was established, putting the London Physic Garden on the map. The […]
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Reviving gardens that grow plants for healing properties is a lost art. Financial and political obstacles have historically been an issue. Dunstable Priory had a taxing time in the middle ages. Henry VIII imposed a new 10% income tax on all church lands in 1534. Dunstable’s Dominican Friary surrendered in 1536 and the Priory later […]
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