Saturday 17 December 2016

Marc & Rick's Worcester Cottage Garden

I don’t think I will write much today, I will just let Marc and Rick’s Worcester Cottage Garden do the talking ……
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All the pictures were taken yesterday morning (16th November 2016).  I have never taken pictures of the garden so late in the year.  Usually I have done it in the summer, when everything is so green and vibrant.
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But in the midst of winter it takes on a completely different and mature look, the vibrant glossy summer colours now faded to faded terracottas and muted greens.
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When I marvel at how everything looks so right, Marc will just pass it off and say that it was just thrown together just like that, but I don’t believe it, they such an eye, design and art having always been their career.
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It’s also finding the pieces and then leaving them to weather naturally.
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IMG_9713I would be too impatient ……..
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……. everything would be too precisely positioned……..
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……. and the natural look I crave would be completely lost. It is an art.
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Every time I look I see something I haven’t seen before.  It’s so unbelievably peaceful, it looks so effortless, and it’s such a constant source of inspiration ....... it’s Marc and Rick!