[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Having just stopped for lunch and being struck several times this morning with blog inspiration, I thought I would regale you with my further adventures in willow sculpting.
Author: Michelle Reynolds
Badger & Mole’s Willow Tunnel Evolves
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s a cooler today than it has been the last few days. I am glad of the cooler weather as the willow remains supple and flexible when it hasn’t dried out in the sun.
The Living Willow Project, Badger & Mole’s Tunnel
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today, to him gazing south with a new-born need stirring in his heart, the clear sky over their long low outline seemed to pulsate with promise; today, the unseen was everything. The unknown, the only real fact of life.
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The Living Willow Project Continues
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Wow, what a day! It started with rain ended with rain and had rain in the middle, but as I told the lovely Liz, who came to see us at intervals with tea and wonderment, rain is good for the willow, it helps water it in and stops the whips from drying out.
Living Willow, Living The Dream
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]’Twas the night before the willow project and all through the flat, a wave of excitement arose as softly I sat, on the comfortable sofa with a head full to bursting, itching to get started on Ratty’s boat, first thing!!’
Wonderful Willow
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I started weaving living willow about 18 months ago on my allotment, after having my curiosity peaked by seeing structures like tunnels and dens when taking the kids to National Trust properties. With an accessible source in the Holybrook woods close to the allotments, I got permission to coppice from the local tree officer and off I went.
These are a few of our favourite things…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hello lovely people,
We thought you would find it interesting to provide a more detailed picture of some of the plants we care for and include in our garden schemes, so here’s the first of our specimen-focused blogs for this year.
Today, it’s Cornus
How green does your garden grow?
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here at GreenArt we are committed to finding ways that we as a business can become greener and more environmentally friendly. So in 2019 we are renewing our commitment and exploring even more ways we can ‘green’ our working practices.
Some of the things we already do…
Happy 2019 So Far
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Well, we are over a month into 2019 and many of us will have made resolutions to try and get fitter and healthier over the coming year. But, how many of us have made resolutions that incorporate our environment, wildlife and green spaces?
Winter is coming. Spare a thought for the wildlife in your garden.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A few weeks ago, Tim and I were planting up a mixed hedge of pretty-much full-size trees to replace a Leylandii hedge for a lovely couple in Benson. When the client was explaining the reason behind the job, Tim and I stood aghast; the hedge (belonging to the neighbouring property) had been removed without warning by developers who were building new houses in the field next door. Our client had literally walked out into his garden one morning to find he no longer had a 20ft hedge screening his garden from the neighbouring field.
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