With one foot in tradition and one in innovation, how does somerset inspire its workers? Over the coming months Vik Martin will take a stroll though the alphabet to find out.
I DON’T usually plan rendezvous with strangers in quiet lay-bys but I’m making an exception today. I’m at Lords Wood near Pensford to meet garden designer Michelle Wake, and she’s promised to show me where she gets her inspiration. I love a woodland walk, and it’s a classic spring day with dark grey skies, surprising bursts of warm sun and even the odd snow flurry. It’s definitely a win-win.
We slide, for a while, down muddy slopes and tracks until eventually the trees get sparser and we emerge into a clearing with a small lake, grassy hummocks and swathes of bluebells and wood anemones. Michelle smiles and sighs.
This story is from the March 2017 edition of Somerset Life.
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