by maxinemorland | Sep 1, 2020 | Aisle Barn garden, Garden blog
I am a sucker for Swedish design. Volvo’s design renaissance under Thomas Ingenlath (since Geely bought the company) with the S90, the XC90, the XC40 and Polestar’s elegant, proportional simplicity all resonate with me. So when it came to finding a...
by maxinemorland | Nov 10, 2020 | Aisle Barn garden
Ah, the bookshelves at Charlie’s house (Aisle Barn) look so empty. We had to remove and store all the amazing books because of blasted COVID. and it makes all the rooms look a bit blank. Luckily there is a cosy gas-effect fire in the sitting room to compensate....
by maxinemorland | Aug 2, 2020 | Aisle Barn garden
The figs are ripening on the Aisle Barn terrace, just in time for the family coming to stay with us on August 8 (and the pears in the orchard). Rather than tying the branch back on to the wall (which I will come Autumn) I have left it hanging so that the fruit can be...
by maxinemorland | May 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
The garden is gently going wild, and I quite like it. There is a certain degree of bitterness involved, asparagus has been off the menu this season. I simply cannot bring myself to buy it when, after 3 years of hard planting and care, the pressures of working and...
by maxinemorland | May 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
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by maxinemorland | Jan 6, 2015 | Garden blog
Thinking about trees The end of 2014 has seen us take a massive technology leap forwards, and backwards, at Chipley. We have installed a large boiler that is fuelled by logs. We will be supplying our house and a cottage with wood-fired central heating. If it performs...
by maxinemorland | Dec 6, 2014 | Garden blog
This month has been all about bulbs (and updating my rusty web-editing skills). the allure of alliums has always eluded me. I think because they look too much like agapanthus, a plant that I have never liked. It thrives on small islands, I don’t. Piet Oudolf, on...
by maxinemorland | Nov 22, 2014 | Garden blog
The spindle tree (Euonymus europeaus) has always made me smile. It is a common British hedgerow plant, and yet in late autumn, it transforms into an exotic beauty, festooned with vibrant neon orange and fuchsia pink fruits. That was the case until I spent a day...
by maxinemorland | Nov 6, 2014 | Garden blog
Looking up the lime avenue Thanks to Professor Tom Williamson, of the University of East Anglia, I have recently improved my understanding of the layout and purpose of Chipley’s gardens. It could easily be argued that I should have found the time to properly...
