Anne Guy
Anne Guy
I am a garden designer living and working in rural Worcestershire For more information and to see examples of my work see www.anneguygardendesigns.co.uk
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Blogs I Follow
- Laura Adkins Art
- Lavender Moon: Artist, Poet and Lover of Nature
- Planting Diaries
- Too Lazy To Weed
- A Mudlark's Diary
- The Postal Adventures of Morris Mouse
- Cornwall in Colours
- Nick Andrew. drawing projects
- The World according to Dina
- OLD FATHER THAMES | Thames Mudlark Diary
- Ros the traveling cat
- Hedgespoken - the blog
- The Cornish Bird
- long man's walking guide to Sussex
- LOOK UP LONDON
- Sing Better English
- Nicola Oakey Design
- My Site
- Girl, Always Interrupted
- Enthusiastic Gardener
Tags
- Adnams brewery
- Alice in Wonderland
- AWRE
- Back to Backs
- Bankside
- Bellarmine Jars
- Birmingham
- Bobs World Cat Cafe James Bowen
- Carreras Factory Camden
- Cat Cafe London
- Cat Meat Seller
- Dahlias
- Dan Cruickshank
- Dick Whittington
- Exotic gardening
- Ferry Road Southwold
- Foreshore finds
- George Saunders Tailor
- Hawksmoor Churches
- Hodge
- Huguenots
- James Bowen
- Jewellery
- Jewellery Quarter
- Kaspar The Savoy Cat
- Little Venice
- London
- London's East End
- London Cats
- Michael Bond
- Millennium Bridge
- Mosaics
- Mudlarking
- Mudlarks
- Museum of London
- National Collection of Dahlias
- National Trust
- Orford Ness
- Paddington
- Paddington Trail
- Paul Bommer
- Penzance
- Port of London
- Public Sculpture
- Queenhithe
- RHS Wisley
- Save Norton Folgate
- Sculpture in the City Trail
- Shell Ford
- Social History
- South Bank Mosaics
- Southwold
- Southwold History
- Southwold Pier
- Spitalfields Gardens Huguenots
- Spitalfields Life
- Spitalfields Silks
- Spitalfields Trust
- St Barts Church
- Street Cat Bob
- Thames
- The Gentle Author
- The Gherkin
- Tobacco Dock
- Tower Hamlets
- Town House
- Town House Fournier Street
- Town of Ramsgate
- Tropical Plants
- Wapping
- Wildlife
- Will Giles Exotic Garden
- Wilton's Music Hall
- Worcester floods
- Worthing
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Recent Posts
- Hunting Hockney January 25, 2021
- Cley Skies or Cley Days… January 29, 2020
- The Garden at 120 March 17, 2019
- Life on The Edge January 6, 2019
- Theatre of Small Convenience December 23, 2018
Archives
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- January 2019
- December 2018
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- January 2013
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A Blogger’s Year
It is that post Christmas/pre New Year time for reflection, a chance to look back over my blogs from the last twelve months and to begin to think about next year’s posts… It has a been a full year and I have visited lot of places, … Continue reading
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Tagged Antony Gormley, Bawdsey, Hawksmoor Churches, London, Martello Towers, Postmans Park, Southwold, Spitalfields Life, Thames, Worthing
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Birmingham’s Back to Backs…a journey through time
On a wet November afternoon, I paid a visit with my family to the “Birmingham Back to Backs” in the heart of the City. The Back to Backs, also known as Court 15 at 50 -54 Inge Street and 55-63 Hurst … Continue reading
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Tagged Back to Backs, Birmingham, George Saunders Tailor, Jewellery, Jewellery Quarter, National Trust, Social History
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The Passage of Time and a Face From the Past
Whilst in London last weekend I took the opportunity to visit the magnificent Queenhithe Dock Heritage Timeline mosaic produced by the Southbank Mosaics team along the eastern wall of the Queenhithe Dock. Whilst I had seen photos of sections of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Bellarmine Jars, London, Millennium Bridge, Mosaics, Mudlarking, Queenhithe, South Bank Mosaics
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Mudlarking and Mosaics
Whilst staying in London for a long weekend last Spring, I carefully checked the tide times for the River Thames before heading off towards Millennium Bridge to do a spot of “mudlarking”. Mudlarking these days refers to the riverside equivalent of beachcombing. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bankside, Foreshore finds, London, Millennium Bridge, Mosaics, Mudlarking, Mudlarks, Museum of London, Port of London, Queenhithe, Thames
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Glass in the Garden
The glass sculptors Hayhoe Designs have for the past few years been regular exhibitors at Chelsea Flower Show – I always pay a visit to their stand. A client recently asked me about incorporating glass sculpture in her garden to give … Continue reading
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Bretforton In Bloom
In April I was invited by the Bretforton Garden Club http://www.bretforton-gardenclub.co.uk to speak to their members on design principles. It was a lively evening and was well attended by the keen and enthusiastic gardeners of Bretforton and the surrounding villages. Last … Continue reading
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Sunday in Smithfield, Shoreditch and Spitalfields
Whilst staying in London for the weekend a couple of weeks ago and after a fortifying breakfast in the shadow of the meat markets at John Torode’s restaurant, Smiths of Smithfield – the best scrambled eggs in this part of town – I … Continue reading
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Winter Walks
Each winter when I am not at my drawing board, I can usually be found curled up by the fire reading a book or trawling the internet on my iPad! This year however, a whole new world has been opened … Continue reading
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Anglesey Abbey: Snowdrops and Stems
I am not sure what drives hundreds of people to make the pilgrimage to the gardens of Anglesey Abbey in Cambridgeshire during the cold month of February…is it the lure of the hundreds of different varieties of snowdrops or the … Continue reading
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Planes, Palms and Pre Raphaelites
“When a man is tired of London he is tired of life” so said Samuel Johnson to Boswell in 1777. Living in rural Worcestershire, I often travel to London to visit galleries, exhibitions, museums, markets, gardens, the Chelsea Flower show, … Continue reading
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