# life garden (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover life garden. Page: Feed: --- ## [A fed-up heron, dust whirlwinds and the desolation of a new country park](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/a-fed-up-heron-dust-whirlwinds-and) _2026-08-26 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ A year after criticising Platinum I return to see what’s changed. Very little ## [Walled into her cell, an anchoress looks to the sky to give life to a garden and for her own salvation](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/walled-into-her-cell-an-anchoress) _2026-08-19 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ Astonishing life of the ‘recluse’ of St Anne’s Church teaches of the power of plants ## [How beautiful art and new suburban dreams sowed the seeds of a garden Golden Age](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/how-beautiful-art-and-new-suburban) _2026-08-12 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ We have much to learn from the catalogues, seed packets and adverts of merchants ## [Amid the scrub and dereliction of a lost land lies an unmarked grave to an ideal of a better Britain](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/amid-the-scrub-and-dereliction-of) _2026-08-05 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ A story still needs telling from behind the 'keep out' fences as the traffic drives by ## [As the heat rises and the planet burns a timely lesson on the saving grace of the shade of trees](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/as-the-heat-rises-and-the-planet) _2026-07-29 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ A foolish trek up a heat-scorched hill reminds of a lesson from Portland, Oregon. ## [Meet Julius Drewe, the parvenu whose castle and garden took him as high as he could go](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/meet-julius-drewe-the-parvenu-whose) _2026-07-22 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ A visit to Drogo on Dartmoor reveals the folly of aspiring to join the aristocracy ## [For artist and writer the garden on a windswept hill is a sanctuary - at least for a while](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/for-artist-and-writer-the-garden) _2026-07-08 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ Book review: Clare Leighton's Four Hedges is a beautiful evocation of horticultural passion ## [Keeping the garden dream alive: Meet the team fighting for beauty amid the turmoil all around](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/keeping-the-garden-dream-alive-meet) _2026-07-01 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ Open spaces like Meanwhile Gardens in London rely on the dedication of a few ## [Inspired by the Sussex landscape to help create the founding principles of a New World](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/inspired-by-the-sussex-landscape) _2026-06-24 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ For two years the scene inspired writings on democracy, harmony and religious freedom ## [Take a look at this landscape. What is it you see? I detect a story shouting out to us](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/take-a-look-at-this-landscape-what) _2026-06-17 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ Artist designed his own motor caravan to put the war in his rear view mirror ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QPaNfBs7xeEo) _2026-06-17 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [We have fun, fun, fun on the autobahn but misery is order of the day on the M1 motorway](https://michaelgilson10.substack.com/p/we-have-fun-fun-fun-on-the-autobahn) _2026-06-10 · Michael Gilson · Behind the Privet Hedge_ Kraftwerk's live show lifts the spirits and even reveals the joy of good landscape