On the blackberry in the woods but……. N and S had three more years to go to the full term we had agreed together. I was very happy with this and we had begun to plan a succesion. They had sold their house here and bought in British Col to be near children. Then in jan last year n had long postponed hip operation and they decided to bring the date forward. This precipitated the replanning but the manner of their going couldn’t have been easier or more amicable. Any unease now has more to do with seeing their work, and memory, swept away. But the fact is that they,and the manner of their coming, remain my best model for what I want to do here next. Could forward their email address if you want to be in touch. Also do ttalk to my mother if you want.

Onto your question: definitely a hands on gardener. And not an intermediate and imposed designer. One could say in fact that I’m trying to extend the successful popes model in terms of both design and management-in recognition that the Arabella(say)- plus- head -gardener one won’t get me the new approach I’d like,or is really credible these days. Am trying to reinforce a connection between planting and landscape somehow lost between landscape architecture and plansmanship. as now practiced in isolation from each other so much of the time. Is this helpful?

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