Federal Twist - Open Garden

OPEN GARDEN - SATURDAY - 22 JULY - 10am to 4pm.

You’re invited to come to my 10th annual Garden Conservancy open garden this weekend. Please register on the Garden Conservancy website at this URL: https://www.gardenconservancy.org/open-days/garden-directory/the-garden-at-federal-twist

The Frenchtown Bookshop will be here on site selling my book, The View from Federal Twist: a New Way of Thinking about Gardens, Nature and Ourselves.

Perhaps a thought for that day … I’ve been reading about wilding, specifically reading Isabella Tree’s and Charlie Burrell’s The Book of Wilding, about the wilding project at their large estate, Knepp, in southwest England. How can wilding, or rewilding, apply in a garden? It’s addressed in the book but I’ll wager few if any visiting my garden on Saturday will have read it. So, assuming that, what might be your thoughts about making a garden “wild,” about “rewilding” a garden? It’s a balancing act, with the aim of increasing biodiversity. But how?

All photos were taken in July, so they’re what you may see, perhaps …