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Smoke without fire
Behind the Design, Floral Designs, Inspiration, Installations & Events, Fiona: Garden & Home Fiona Pickles 14/01/2021 Behind the Design, Floral Designs, Inspiration, Installations & Events, Fiona: Garden & Home Fiona Pickles 14/01/2021

Smoke without fire

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Since I’ve started to totally rethink the way I tend my garden I’ve come to realise just how controlling the whole ‘old school’ gardening ethos is. Kill things, cut things, remove things, tidy, tidy tidy. It feels so antiquate
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Can we just take a moment to appreciate the utter beauty of a parrot tulip. And friend 🐌 
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Oooooh creativity is a tricky beast to corral isn’t it? Those pesky day to day tasks are SO demanding and shouty and have a habit of totally dominating that delicate, shy little wallflower, making it cower in the shadows, fearful of showing its
Things are so god awful at the moment that I wanted to make things a teeny bit easier for my lovely crew of subscribers to my erratically infrequent newsletter, some of whom have been there from the start. So I’m offering some substantial savin
I came across these pictures recently of the garden in 2016 featuring raised beds and even a lawn, both of which have long gone. Whenever my work changes and evolves, the garden does too - the final two pics show one of the biggest transformations -
When the Icelandic poppies from @petalon_flowers open just as you’re mid-tidy of a space with beautiful light, it would be rude not to try it out right? 🤷🏻‍♀️ 

After days spent amidst chaos, dust and some worryingly large🕷️as I tried to
Behind the scenes - a mass transplant is underway, moving bulbs and plants from an area where they can’t be seen to one where they can be appreciated much more. 

I know it’s not the best time to move narcissi in full flower but sometimes
Mono no aware - the third and final part of a triptych celebrating the fleeting beauty of the cherry blossom - with additional Cornus Midwinter Fire. 
I had to remove some suckers from the cherry tree as they were taking over the garden, so of course
A bit of impromptu creating after some much needed pruning - the rain bought an end to some very productive garden-based days and it was fun to just switch my brain off and see what appeared - the moon apparently 🤷🏻‍♀️🌙
A bit of colour blocking with blossom to celebrate the spring equinox. A long awaited day 💥💃🎉

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