Kingsbury’s probing text explores the making of this very modern Irish gardener and the diverse influences that have shaped Blake’s passion for plants while Blake’s contributions include the excellent plant directory and calendar, a guide to his favourite nurseries and gardens and the book’s charming family photo-album style inserts.
Readers also learn about Blake’s love of travel to foreign gardens and far-flung places and how much it has informed his style of gardening by giving him access to unusual species/varieties, many rarely cultivated inThere are detailed chapters on the many different areas within Hunting Brook’s 20-acres including its charming woodlands, wild meadows and plunging valley along with a thoughtful analysis of Blake’s unique planting style and his work as a lecturer and garden teacher.
His great love of the land and deep-rooted connection to the wild and watery west Wicklow landscape surrounding his home and garden are also explored. It’s this profound attachment that’s forever prompting him to re-evaluate the planting at Hunting Brook as he seeks out different ways to softly blur the garden’s boundaries and firmly root it within the surrounding matrix of sloping fields, distant mountains, woodlands and damp, shady valleys.
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