SAW & EMMA

Emma’s grandmother’s house was built in the 30s, an era of sculleries and larders when there was a place for everything. A cupboard was dedicated to gardening tools. The back garden was small but productive, divided between flowers and vegetables with blackcurrant bushes and almond trees. Aged five Emma’s love of gardening was seeded helping her granny out with digging and deadheading. Emma went on to take a Royal Horticultural Society course and now volunteers weekly at Great Dixter, a beautiful garden planted with wild flowers in East Sussex. This continually extends the learning that began with her granny. In 2009, at aged 99, Emma’s grandmother died. Emma has inherited her tools, including this pruning saw, which, though past it’s best, blunted from years of use, Emma still uses.

07 Aug 2011