I'll bet you had a chuckle India! I think the scent was from the leaves themselves...there wasn't much cloth on view...and couldn't get close enough to see how the botanicals were stitched in place. I wonder if organic thread was involved?!! You definitely didn't the letters. X
I did enjoy my visit to the garden show Sally but am sorry to hear you wouldn't be able to make it just now...I wish you well in regaining strength. I'm so glad to hear you're a seed saver...and even if they don't all get sown, it sounds like you too, have a personal seed bank - a valuable thing. Funny...I find Dill to be very temperamental which is a shame because I do love it! It's time to scatter some seed and try again. Please forage away for me and enjoy that treasured pungent taste! Thyme does self sow a lot doesn't it? But it's a valuable one and easily weeded out (or transplanted) so I don't mind. How funny...I haven't had a problem with Pittosporum multiplying. All this just goes to show how we all have our very own little micro-climates to learn. Have a good week Sally...I'll aim for another instalment in the coming days! Mx
Lucky you getting to the garden show, we haven’t been for quite some time, and for me at the moment, physically I would find it a struggle. Thank you for telling us about what you saw. Those RMIT students do produce some brilliant work. I’m a seed saver, even if they don’t get all planted. Our garden is not huge, but I do let our herbs self sow, at the moment it is the Dill having a lovely time amongst the pots and the stones. Previously it was the Thyme. Your issue with the Aloes is a bit like Agapanthus (oh, alright, you haven’t had that problem) and Pittosporum which can keep multiplying in the worst way, particularly the latter.
I had a quiet chuckle when I read that the RMIT display was scented by eucalyptus dye…back in 2003 I had applied to do a PhD in the Fashion Department. Their response was that they would admit me to do a second Masters, but they didn’t think I was up to a PhD. After 18 months or so of long distance study, the final straw was being sent a copy of another student’s exegesis liberally peppered with typos and with factual errors (pertaining to plants), with the recommendation that I should adapt my writing style to something similar…whereupon I promptly tendered my withdrawal from the degree program. My manuscript was not wasted, however, as it eventually formed the bones of my book ‘Second Skin’ (2011). They didn’t think much of eucalyptus dyes back then, I’m glad things have changed!
I'll bet you had a chuckle India! I think the scent was from the leaves themselves...there wasn't much cloth on view...and couldn't get close enough to see how the botanicals were stitched in place. I wonder if organic thread was involved?!! You definitely didn't the letters. X
I did enjoy my visit to the garden show Sally but am sorry to hear you wouldn't be able to make it just now...I wish you well in regaining strength. I'm so glad to hear you're a seed saver...and even if they don't all get sown, it sounds like you too, have a personal seed bank - a valuable thing. Funny...I find Dill to be very temperamental which is a shame because I do love it! It's time to scatter some seed and try again. Please forage away for me and enjoy that treasured pungent taste! Thyme does self sow a lot doesn't it? But it's a valuable one and easily weeded out (or transplanted) so I don't mind. How funny...I haven't had a problem with Pittosporum multiplying. All this just goes to show how we all have our very own little micro-climates to learn. Have a good week Sally...I'll aim for another instalment in the coming days! Mx
Thank you Pip! Sending happy Easter wishes to you all. Mx
Lucky you getting to the garden show, we haven’t been for quite some time, and for me at the moment, physically I would find it a struggle. Thank you for telling us about what you saw. Those RMIT students do produce some brilliant work. I’m a seed saver, even if they don’t get all planted. Our garden is not huge, but I do let our herbs self sow, at the moment it is the Dill having a lovely time amongst the pots and the stones. Previously it was the Thyme. Your issue with the Aloes is a bit like Agapanthus (oh, alright, you haven’t had that problem) and Pittosporum which can keep multiplying in the worst way, particularly the latter.
Another lovely read Mickey xo
I had a quiet chuckle when I read that the RMIT display was scented by eucalyptus dye…back in 2003 I had applied to do a PhD in the Fashion Department. Their response was that they would admit me to do a second Masters, but they didn’t think I was up to a PhD. After 18 months or so of long distance study, the final straw was being sent a copy of another student’s exegesis liberally peppered with typos and with factual errors (pertaining to plants), with the recommendation that I should adapt my writing style to something similar…whereupon I promptly tendered my withdrawal from the degree program. My manuscript was not wasted, however, as it eventually formed the bones of my book ‘Second Skin’ (2011). They didn’t think much of eucalyptus dyes back then, I’m glad things have changed!