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November 7, 2019February 28, 2021 Di Baker Stories, World Gardens

The Joy of a Well Designed Garden

“Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers — and never succeeding.” Marc Chagall, 1887-1985 Think like an artist when designing a garden and use the basic design elements such as colour, line, texture, form and scale to help create a garden that looks and feels appealing and is a joy … Continue reading The Joy of a Well Designed Garden

June 2, 2019February 5, 2021 Di Baker Visuals

Chateau De Rilly

The following is a pictorial post of the garden at Rilly -de Montagne near Epernay, France- a typical French garden that surrounds the Hotel de Rilly France. Images by Di Baker 2019

“At the heart of gardening, there is a belief in the miraculous” – Mirabel Osler

My love of roses, gardening and country life is the inspiration for my writing in aroseisaroseisarose.com and theteapotsite.com. When I’m writing, I think of the rose garden, and when I’m in the garden, I think about writing- such is life. I hope you enjoy my add free stories and be inspired to grow a rose or two. Di

 

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There is no “End” to be written, neither can you, like an architect, engrave in stone, the day the garden was finished. A painter can frame his picture, a composer can notate his coda, but a garden is always on the move. Miracle Osler

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