{"id":41305,"date":"2019-05-16T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=41305"},"modified":"2019-07-24T08:48:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T08:48:41","slug":"the-secret-gardens-of-chaulden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/the-secret-gardens-of-chaulden\/","title":{"rendered":"The secret Gardens of Flaunden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flaunden Lane near Bovingdon<br \/>\nA concept to regard<br \/>\nA Mediterranean Nursery<br \/>\nEasy for the bard<br \/>\nTo soak up all its floral gifts<br \/>\nThe complementary<br \/>\nInteracting many coloured<br \/>\nPattened woven spree<br \/>\nA place of peace and harmony<br \/>\nAn idyll in a way<br \/>\nDown a short lane green and quiet<br \/>\nYou feel drawn and soon pay<br \/>\nRespects for whats before you<br \/>\nLaid out so beautifully<br \/>\nClearly cared for plants and shrubs<br \/>\nContrasting admirably<br \/>\nA smorgasbord of flowers and herbs<br \/>\nLike the olive catching  the eye<br \/>\nDisplays of pure inventiveness<br \/>\nAn Archetypal high<br \/>\nCounterpoise and parity<br \/>\nJoy each step one takes<br \/>\nAn eminence of holding<br \/>\nGo there for all your sakes<\/p>\n<p>Watered weeded cared for<br \/>\nA vibrancy that shows<br \/>\nA union of light and air<br \/>\nAnd love and care<br \/>\nOne knows<br \/>\nOn finding this<br \/>\nDear secret garden<br \/>\nNestled in a vale<br \/>\nSurrounded by green  Beeches<br \/>\nAnd the loveliest of tale<br \/>\nA bond exists where the owners<br \/>\nTirelessly both share<br \/>\nWith all their true integrity<br \/>\nAnd we are, soon made aware<br \/>\nOf the wholeness and the totality<br \/>\nThat they indeed do show<br \/>\nThere is order there are systems<br \/>\nYou feel them and you know<\/p>\n<p>A really good collection<br \/>\nGatherings and hue&#8217;s<br \/>\nAll the colours of the rainbow<br \/>\nLilacs pinks and blues<br \/>\nStriding into mindful<br \/>\nPassages of time<br \/>\nPermanence and repetition<br \/>\nPrecariously they climb<br \/>\nAnnuals and Perrenials<br \/>\nConstant over-flowing<br \/>\nPromising so very much<br \/>\nAnd readily all showing<br \/>\nEvery facet of their form<br \/>\nTheir uninterrupted course<br \/>\nImminent and predestined<br \/>\nThe hand of man we know<br \/>\nThe magnificently graceful kites<br \/>\nAbove add to the great flow<\/p>\n<p>The exhuberance and lushness<br \/>\nAnd of course the expertise<br \/>\nThe readiness to help<br \/>\nIn every way they can and please<br \/>\nWithin its sweet confines<br \/>\nIs dealt a meeting place of minds<br \/>\nA presence all pervading<br \/>\nAnd really all the signs<br \/>\nOf a truly cared for business<br \/>\nBased on honour and degree<br \/>\nAttentiveness and diligence<br \/>\nEverywhere should be<br \/>\nLike this but sadly few are<br \/>\nThe thoroughness and care<br \/>\nPainstakingly  creative<br \/>\nA quality now rare<\/p>\n<p>Thankyou for helping me today<\/p>\n<p>It was a joy to meet you both<\/p>\n<p>Debbie &#038; Stuart Oastler<\/p>\n<p>07860 841582<\/p>\n<p>01442 832482<br \/>\nThe MEDITERRANEAN Nursery<br \/>\nFLaunden Lane<br \/>\nBovingdon<br \/>\nHP3 ORL<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flaunden Lane near Bovingdon A concept to regard A Mediterranean Nursery Easy for the bard To soak up all its floral gifts The complementary Interacting many coloured Pattened woven spree A place of peace and harmony An idyll in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/05\/the-secret-gardens-of-chaulden\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244,14,30,193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism-in-art","category-business-testimonials","category-general-poems","category-spring-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41305"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41852,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41305\/revisions\/41852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}