Alternative Eden
Since then our interests have evolved too, beyond gardening and into travel. To see as much of the world with the limited amount of spare time we have from work and maintaining the garden we have created.
Gardening and Travel complement each other perfectly. Gardening hones in on the sense of home, of cultivating ones personal space to be a source of solitude and portal for creativity. Travel however, you get to see what is beyond your usual space and routines. To get an insight of what is out there and take inspiration from. Inspiration that can perhaps be applied to ones own garden and daily living.
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About us
Other characters you will find appearing in our blog from time to time are our pets:
Knickers - the oldest and the the only male in the kitty trio, but somehow not at thetop of the pecking order. Still a very handsome cat (in our eyes) and has a beautiful tuxedo.
Twinkles - the middle cat and the one on top of the pecking order. She is also the sweetest of them all, very affectionate and appreciative of cuddles. She often prioritizes cuddles first when she sees us before food, not that this is exceptional! Fluffy and long haired cuteness in the winter, slender and elegant in the summer.
Cotton - the newest and youngest of the trio, full of energy and with bags of character. She is also the noisiest and most vocal of the lot!
No longer with us but not forgotten...
Charcoal - our original garden cat and has appeared on our earliest posts, her memory lives on. She now resides permanently under the second raised bed nearest to the new koi pond so she will be near the fish which we think she would have approved.
And of course a whole host of Koi! And the very reason why we dug such a huge hole and the cause of our hard work for more than two years. We had both kept fish in aquariums when we were younger and had always had a keen interest in fish. When creating the bottom patio area in the garden a raised goldfish pond was planned. This was upgraded to a small koi pond, and gave us the bug to want to expand. Regular readers will be well acquainted with our 8000 gallon koi pond build.
Knickers - the oldest and the the only male in the kitty trio, but somehow not at thetop of the pecking order. Still a very handsome cat (in our eyes) and has a beautiful tuxedo.
Twinkles - the middle cat and the one on top of the pecking order. She is also the sweetest of them all, very affectionate and appreciative of cuddles. She often prioritizes cuddles first when she sees us before food, not that this is exceptional! Fluffy and long haired cuteness in the winter, slender and elegant in the summer.
Cotton - the newest and youngest of the trio, full of energy and with bags of character. She is also the noisiest and most vocal of the lot!No longer with us but not forgotten...
Charcoal - our original garden cat and has appeared on our earliest posts, her memory lives on. She now resides permanently under the second raised bed nearest to the new koi pond so she will be near the fish which we think she would have approved.
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This gardening blog follows our journey as we create our Tropical and Exotic themed garden. We hope you'll enjoy the journey as much as we do. We started our Exotic Garden in 2005 and this site will show its development, as well as our travels, both abroad and within the UK to gardens, nurseries and friends.
