tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328021870793697876.post1393732400316958063..comments2024-03-24T06:15:42.391-07:00Comments on Gardening with Bob Dylan: The Struggle - Working Man's BluesJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02791751421698536323noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328021870793697876.post-34928393336964596672013-07-30T05:50:43.462-07:002013-07-30T05:50:43.462-07:00This makes me look daft - or suffering from memory...This makes me look daft - or suffering from memory deficiency...did you identify yourself with your blog? Feel very ashamed...my apologies.<br /><br />I have been thinking about this a lot since I discovered it and also read Elizabeth's comment. My thinking is about how far people wish to go into sheer artificiality. I wrote recently about relating to the 'wild' - http://veddw.com/blog/wild-gardening-veddw-style/ but now you have me reflecting on how I also love to confront it entirley with a big leap into something completely different. <br /><br />Is this inconsistency on my part? Just what is the aesthetic of 'natural'?<br /><br />I too wish we could get together and talk this through. XXXX Anne Warehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102518926229038553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328021870793697876.post-44458377608660102102013-07-30T03:33:21.037-07:002013-07-30T03:33:21.037-07:00So glad this made sense to you all. Written from ...So glad this made sense to you all. Written from the heart, in these times of difficulty for so many people. I love a garden to mean something and sincerely believe Veddw has broken ground in doing that, as well as being utterly beautiful.<br /><br />I met Anne when I came and you kindly gave me coffee when everyone else had gone, seeing that I was really interested. I said my piece abut the hostas then! (Just for identification, not to bang further away at it.) If I make it back this year I will certainly introduce myself. <br /><br />Elizabeth, I so welcome your thoughts, always interesting and feel like the start of a long conversation, perhaps we will be able to do it one day. I have family in Wales.<br /><br />Thank you all for your comments.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02791751421698536323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328021870793697876.post-80577999675192576662013-07-28T11:38:39.526-07:002013-07-28T11:38:39.526-07:00What a treat to read this. I have visited Veddw t...What a treat to read this. I have visited Veddw too and, in a world where most garden visiting leaves me cold, found it exciting, thought provoking and a nurturing experience. I love the detail of your analysis and agree with most of it. I was particularly struck by the gentle wildness of the planting against the constraints of the yew. Like you I am not normally a fan of words in the garden but I was fascinated by the repetition of the names of the the place. It did feel to me, as it clearly did to you, like a garden which could not have been anywhere other than where it is. This is incredibly rare. Identikit English country gardens are all over garden magazines and you could plonk them down in another corner of the country altogether without gaining or losing a thing. I would have liked to know what you thought about the other side of the garden where I liked the meadow very much but was less taken by the silver and purple of the more formal area. Great blog as ever but this one had me jumping up in my seat saying "yes!" and wanting to talk to you and Anne too about it. Thank you.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328021870793697876.post-62113979139551013502013-07-28T06:23:54.976-07:002013-07-28T06:23:54.976-07:00I'm glad that Anne has commented. This is such...I'm glad that Anne has commented. This is such an excellent review of the garden, and I too felt touched by it and also wondered who you were and if we had met you when you visited. Its funny to see the garden from a few years ago. That cotoneaster bed became sickly and has been completely replanted. And those Yew columns in the wild garden are sronger and crisper now. I wonder if you'd like them. Do come again and meet us!Charles Haweshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307918475735593476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328021870793697876.post-21250812899433144602013-07-28T06:14:01.516-07:002013-07-28T06:14:01.516-07:00this is lovely j, partic love the formal waves of ...this is lovely j, partic love the formal waves of hedging. xpinkhousefoodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17157606443931893238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1328021870793697876.post-62696067855209584282013-07-28T06:04:58.119-07:002013-07-28T06:04:58.119-07:00I've been missing you, since for some reason y...I've been missing you, since for some reason you no longer pop up in my inbox. So I set out to find you. But I had no idea I had actually missed you visiting Veddw and missed the chance to really meet you. Or did I meet you without you identifying yourself?<br /><br />Which is sad for me, but compensated for by your wise and sensitive response to Veddw. I'm touched. You make a lot of the nonsense and irritations (not of the gardens but of people..) suddenly seem insignificant. I made it for people like yourself.<br /><br />Thank you. Anne Warehamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13102518926229038553noreply@blogger.com