http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens.html In autumn 2020 I planted 3 secret gardens in the 3 postcode areas of Brighton and Hove, each with a small apple tree seedling grown from a pip years before. I go and visit them every few months, pull out bindweed, cut nettles, and brambles, add some wild flowers, sing a wassail. They’re not really secret. All are on public land on the edges of city, wilder and less managed than parks. But the site of BN2 was mowed by the council at the end of 2023, so my garden was destroyed. Meanwhile I started a secret bluebell wood at another site, with wild English bluebells grown from seeds. http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens.html#0 d27bbd87-8986-463a-b229-20406e2c83dc http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens_files/Media/BN1nov20/thumb.jpg http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens_files/Media/BN1nov20/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">secret garden BN1 <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">nov 2020</p></div></div> http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens.html#1 596e4d79-a56e-493c-88ad-1e6a8b36f207 http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens_files/Media/BN2close/thumb.jpg http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens_files/Media/BN2close/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; 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" class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">secret garden BN1<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">spring 2021</p></div></div> http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens.html#4 54d59482-c664-42f1-b27c-920b5d68f30d http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens_files/Media/BN2april21/thumb.jpg http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens_files/Media/BN2april21/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_1">secret garden BN2 <br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_1">april 2021</span></p></div></div> http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens.html#5 7c739817-b6c1-4855-8168-c817aea37180 http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens_files/Media/20230215_165204/thumb.jpg http://rachelcohen.co.uk/rachelcohen.co.uk/secret_gardens_files/Media/20230215_165204/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; 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