Posts Tagged ‘Beth Chatto’s Garden Notebook’
Traces in the Snow: Beth Chatto’s Poetic Walk Through a Winter Garden’s Hidden Life
by Beth Chatto The first thing I noticed as I watched my own boots sink below the blue-shadowed surface were the footprints of many other occupants of the garden. The mallard duck had left their heavy, plodding trails before flying off, hopefully, to someplace where the water is not totally frozen over – probably to…
Read MoreA Winter’s Green: Beth Chatto on the Enduring Allure of Holly and Ivy
by Beth Chatto Holly and ivy are the primary images of many Christmas cards, symbols of life carrying on when much else appears dead or has vanished beneath the frozen surface. I would almost go so far as to say they should be in every garden, but perhaps I should substitute “something evergreen” instead of…
Read MoreThe Power of Words: Beth Chatto on Writing Plants Into Life
by Beth Chatto Since before Christmas, I have been nibbling, in odd moments, at my new catalog. I try to write word pictures of plants, which might make them irresistible. When I began the nursery twenty years ago, I issued a very small list with descriptions of plants, as I saw them, in place of…
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As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Beth Chatto’s Garden Notebook Beth’s book was a monthly record of everything she did in her garden. Her chapters covered the garden but also bits of her life. From a personal standpoint, Beth shared her successes as well as her failures. She was a business owner and ran…
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As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Beth Chatto’s Garden Notebook It’s so hard to believe, but on this day last year, we lost Beth – one of the most influential plant people of the last half-century. Beth’s naturalistic gardens taught gardeners to incorporate new and different varieties of plants. Beth’s book was a monthly…
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