Petit English Garden of MARPLE & POIROT

My wife and I started gardening in Fukuoka (Japan) in 2003. There was nothing but muddy clayey sloping land. At the beginning we made several structure such as steps and paths, and planted turf, fruit trees, roses, herbs etc. In 2010, we visited several famous English gardens, including Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Mottisfont Abbey Garden and Hidcote Manor Garden. We were shocked by the glory of those gardens. Since then, we have been trying to make small but glorious gardens by ourselves.

庭の紹介

　夫婦で庭づくりを福岡の郊外で2003年に始めました.　赤土むきだしの斜面にまず階段や園路をつくって芝をはり、果樹やバラ、ハーブなどを植えました.

　2010年にイギリスの有名なガーデンの、シシングハースト、モティスフォントアビー、ヒドコートマナーなどを回り、その素晴らしさに圧倒され、それから自分たちで小さくても素晴らしい庭をめざして庭づくりをつづけています.

1/03/2015

'READING' ENGLISH GARDENS (『英国庭園を読む』の紹介)

This new year holidays, I have read the book 'Reading English Gardens' (英国庭園を読む） written by Professor Satoshi Ando of the Faculty of Comparative Culture, Otsuma Women's University in Tokyo (大妻女子大学安藤聡教授).

The subtitle of the book is 'Literature and Cultural history concerning gardens' (庭をめぐる文学と文化史). In this book, the author describes the history of English gardens from the medieval period to the 20th century. He introduces paragraphs of old books describing about gardens. That may be the reason why the title of the book is 'Reading' English Gardens.

About 70 gardens in Britain appears in this book.