Lois’ latest Watermill garden flowerpot has quite a history. It started life in a Scottish castle in the wilds of Aberdeenshire and ended up in the walled garden of an ancient Italian Watermill in rural Tuscany.
We enjoyed living in the small, but beautifully formed Castle of Park in the North of Scotland, but when we left, more than 10 years ago, we brought with us a mass of furniture, artefacts and accessories.
Among them was the old chimney pot above. It fell into the category ‘I’m not sure what we’ll do with this, but I’m sure will find a use for it someday’.
Well, that day has come, thanks to Lois’ new gardening bug. She pulled the chimney pot out of store (or rather Flavio our gardener did, it’s a heavy brute) and set it up in the walled garden. With the addition of a charming flowering plant bought in the weekly market in Fivizzano and, voila, a new garden feature and conversation point.
We’d love you to come and see it for yourself. There are details of all our remaining 2021 creative courses on our website, which you can see by clicking here.