tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post4453579271178215957..comments2023-09-29T10:04:33.858+01:00Comments on Roger Brook - the no dig gardener: The Aysgarth Rock garden. Was it (very) late Victorian folly?Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-45577462010543027102016-06-28T17:40:40.155+01:002016-06-28T17:40:40.155+01:00And I was having my own area in mind – not many bo...And I was having my own area in mind – not many boulders or spare rocks lying around here in East London :-) <br />Hope you had a nice trip to Norway, it’s 10 years since last time I was back.HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-13046341539102960922016-06-28T15:41:27.602+01:002016-06-28T15:41:27.602+01:00A long way for you Alain! Call in on the way!A long way for you Alain! Call in on the way!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-53060109527867439722016-06-28T15:40:31.434+01:002016-06-28T15:40:31.434+01:00Thanks Linda. Great to hear from CanadaThanks Linda. Great to hear from CanadaRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-77350023368131754132016-06-28T15:38:16.761+01:002016-06-28T15:38:16.761+01:00It would be great to just go out with a wheelbarro...It would be great to just go out with a wheelbarrow Helen. We are just too small a country and no way should we take pebbles from a beach or boulders from the landscape or limestone by the road from an old neglected wall. i hasten to add i know you are not suggesting it. We were in Norway ourselves last Autumn and I can see what you meanRoger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-14317313969121920492016-06-27T23:01:21.717+01:002016-06-27T23:01:21.717+01:00What an absolutely fascinating garden, I would hav...What an absolutely fascinating garden, I would have loved to have this as part of my garden if I had a bit more space – and if someone was crazy enough to build it for me! I must admit I miss not having any rocks in my garden, as a Norwegian I am used to gardens having exposed rocks (boulders) in at least one part of most gardens. Here we have to pay for the rocks – and pay for having them HELENEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16112289914239038835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-73881796803711451402016-06-27T16:46:12.381+01:002016-06-27T16:46:12.381+01:00Beautiful photos! Thank you so much for sharing.Beautiful photos! Thank you so much for sharing.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-19494441420163163822016-06-26T20:59:55.864+01:002016-06-26T20:59:55.864+01:00A place I would love to visit. It looks like a mos...A place I would love to visit. It looks like a most interesting garden.rochefleuriegardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06783773632775842680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-2938092527645234412016-06-24T23:04:49.722+01:002016-06-24T23:04:49.722+01:00Although it does look incongruous against the adja...Although it does look incongruous against the adjacent cottage, as a former alpine fanatic, I can understand why this was constructed on the premise that in Victorian times, and still today, the only way to grow true alpines was basically by reproducing what approximated to a mountain side. Personally I used have one section of the garden as a "rock garden" next to a peat bed built of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-57216117966702757642016-06-24T10:49:53.777+01:002016-06-24T10:49:53.777+01:00It makes a statement Robert!It makes a statement Robert!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-77125508096035547812016-06-24T10:47:29.982+01:002016-06-24T10:47:29.982+01:00Monstrous carbuncle I like it!
Wonder what Charles...Monstrous carbuncle I like it!<br />Wonder what Charles would think?Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-73927814220041934562016-06-24T07:20:11.159+01:002016-06-24T07:20:11.159+01:00What a fascinating place. This has definitely gone...What a fascinating place. This has definitely gone on my list of places to see. I love rock gardens, though from across the road this looks a bit like a monstrous carbuncle on the side of the house. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-61519242187112348542016-06-24T01:58:37.715+01:002016-06-24T01:58:37.715+01:00Love it! A great way to combine artistic flair wit...Love it! A great way to combine artistic flair with rocks and plants. Robert Pavlishttp://www.gardenmyths.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-1506054565009483382016-06-23T20:50:56.812+01:002016-06-23T20:50:56.812+01:00I have been called worse!
It was said in a very ki...I have been called worse!<br />It was said in a very kindly way!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-57767942177217342922016-06-23T20:49:13.297+01:002016-06-23T20:49:13.297+01:00The mind boggles at the thought f getting planning...The mind boggles at the thought f getting planning permission!<br />I think I would refuse it!Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-82792132168721515632016-06-23T18:39:00.727+01:002016-06-23T18:39:00.727+01:00Very dramatic - I can't see why you were compa...Very dramatic - I can't see why you were compared to a gnome.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571100417242238211.post-21419807841611671392016-06-23T08:54:08.768+01:002016-06-23T08:54:08.768+01:00This sort of garden does not appeal to me, but I c...This sort of garden does not appeal to me, but I can understand that some people like it. It must have created quite a stir when it was new. I wonder if they had to get Planning Permission for it? You probably would have to today.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.com