The Fairly Quiet Gardener Blog
Reminiscing: Our Former Garden (Part 1)
When you move to a new home that has space for a garden, you get swept away in the plans and possibilities for the new and can quickly forget the old. But we leave a piece of ourselves in any garden that we tend and nurture. And, I would wager this is the case for most gardeners, there is always some level of connection to that particular plot of dirt and the plants that may still grow there.
"Lines of Desire"...aka Pathways
As humans we typically like the most direct route to pretty much anything in life - travel, money, completion of a task...and certainly garden paths. In his books and television programs, Monty Don has often talked about "lines of desire" when it comes to routes taken within a garden. People will find the most convenient or shortest path to wherever they are going. This is 100% accurate for me in my own garden as I'm walking around to various areas. In the central cottage garden there are several intersecting grass walkways. If I'm doing anything other than a casual stroll through the garden to enjoy it, I find myself cutting across a bed and through a gap in a hedge that isn't fully mature or striding right next to the edge and corner of a path to shave a pace off the journey.