Wednesday, August 6, 2014

The Nicky Haslam Guide to Lining Up the Pots

Do it like Nicky Haslam.



What is Haslam doing ?
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Copying.
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Specifically, below, he's lining up pots and statues/plinths, and repeating a minimalist color theme.
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Copy the copycat.  He's not original.
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Yet, totally original.
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Copy, it's the 1st rule of Garden Design.
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I discovered, Lining up the Pots, while on a tour of historic gardens across Italy decades ago.
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Been lining them up ever since.
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Not convinced?
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Still wanting to be original & unique?
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If it's beautiful in another garden it will be beautiful in yours.
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Every site is unique.
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Price point has no claim to this garden design rule.
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When choosing your pots to line up they must be so fabulous they can remain empty.  
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If the pots lining up do not match, their rims must be at the same height.
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 Liking a good sentence, it's not uncommon for me to bath with Nicky, below.

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Perhaps you should start bathing with Nicky.
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Garden & Be Well,    XO Tara
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Wall Street Journal pics of Nicky Haslam's home.  And, mine at bottom.
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1 comment:

La Contessa said...

NICKY and I are inseparable!GOD I Love that house and his style!GOT the book you will make me pull it out again!