If she was starting her garden over, Beverley Hanson says she wouldn’t do anything differently and that’s saying something because she has been tending the same patch of earth since 1969. | Megan Backhouse
If she was starting her garden over, Beverley Hanson says she wouldn’t do anything differently and that’s saying something because she has been tending the same patch of earth since 1969.
And in a sense, it will also open a window onto the work of Ellis Stones, one of the pioneers of this creative movement, who Hanson names as her biggest influence. Her advice to anyone embarking on a similar project now is to take your time and “tread carefully”. “Don’t immediately bring in bulldozers and other equipment that scrapes the ground floor but wait to see what plants come up.”The next step, she says, is to think about the trees you want and where. “They are the important things because they are going to be there forever. “You also need to get the rocks, steps and hard landscaping in.
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