{"id":4507,"date":"2024-09-17T14:19:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T13:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/?page_id=4507"},"modified":"2024-10-16T17:54:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T16:54:24","slug":"the-bothy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/index.php\/the-bothy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bothy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4507\" class=\"elementor elementor-4507\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d29b29c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d29b29c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71ce6df\" data-id=\"71ce6df\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b73f725 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b73f725\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Bothy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-344adc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"344adc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4507 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"5b919cc\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDc0MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL215Z2FyZGVudGFsa3N0b21lLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDlcLzNDOEI1REJBLTgzRkItNDhCNi04RUQ4LTkzMUFGRkFFREFGOS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI1YjkxOWNjIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3C8B5DBA-83FB-48B6-8ED8-931AFFAEDAF9.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/3C8B5DBA-83FB-48B6-8ED8-931AFFAEDAF9-240x300.jpg\" 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1938w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"5b919cc\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDc0NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL215Z2FyZGVudGFsa3N0b21lLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDlcL0lNR180MDM4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNWI5MTljYyJ9\" href='https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_4038-scaled.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_4038-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_4038-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_4038-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_4038-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_4038-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG_4038-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-611a628 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"611a628\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The above pictures are of the &#8220;Bothy&#8221; as it is in 2023. Below, I&#8217;m mapping out the progress of the Bothy from idea, to spade in dirt, to where it is now.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9eba50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a9eba50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-590af9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"590af9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The journey ...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4cbb482\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mzk1MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL215Z2FyZGVudGFsa3N0b21lLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDlcLzExLi1UaW1iZXJzLU9jdC0yMDE4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0Y2JiNDgyIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11.-Timbers-Oct-2018-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/11.-Timbers-Oct-2018-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4cbb482\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzMwMCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL215Z2FyZGVudGFsa3N0b21lLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDhcLzguLVRpbWJlcnMtT2N0LTIwMTguanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNGNiYjQ4MiJ9\" href='https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8.-Timbers-Oct-2018.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8.-Timbers-Oct-2018-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8.-Timbers-Oct-2018-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8.-Timbers-Oct-2018-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8.-Timbers-Oct-2018-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8.-Timbers-Oct-2018-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8.-Timbers-Oct-2018-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/8.-Timbers-Oct-2018.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4cbb482\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzMwMiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL215Z2FyZGVudGFsa3N0b21lLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDhcLzE1Li1UaW1iZXJzLU9jdC0yMDE4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0Y2JiNDgyIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/15.-Timbers-Oct-2018-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/15.-Timbers-Oct-2018-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f04f47c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f04f47c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f6ef401\" data-id=\"f6ef401\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e926e0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e926e0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;The Bothy&#8221; as it has come to be known, is located at the bottom of the garden overlooking the pond and beyond that, the council allotments. Its existence arose out of an interesting set of circumstances that I will document at a later date in the &#8220;Stories&#8221; section of the site. I&#8217;ll try to capture the origins briefly here. About six months prior to the build beginning (late 2017), we became aware of a neighbourly dispute between \u00a0two households three gardens down on our left. The dispute centred around \u00a04 x 50-60ft conifers that bordered one of the gardens. The household without the conifers complained that they were impinging on their land and asked for them to be taken down. There was no peaceful resolution, it went to court, the result favoured the complainants and an order was given to remove them.<\/p><p>&#8220;Interesting&#8221;, you might think &#8230; but what has this got to do with the Bothy? Well, at that time I was in serious contemplation mode regarding how the bottom garden might look. I&#8217;d wandered down, pre-work, to cogitate, when there was a shout from the garden two doors down.<\/p><p>Workman &#8220;&#8216;ere mate, do you want any wood for your burner?&#8221;<\/p><p>Me &#8220;we don&#8217;t have burner mate but chuck a few logs over, we have a barbie every now and then&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><p>Off to work I went. That evening, I went to the bottom of the garden to discover that the workmen had dumped about 2\/3 of the wood into our garden! That amounted to approximately two trees worth of roughly cut timber. They&#8217;d long gone by then so there was no time for any remonstrations. What the hell was I going to do with all that wood!!!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2990d9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2990d9f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cff6b1\" data-id=\"0cff6b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6087a96 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6087a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73b06f9\" data-id=\"73b06f9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbcc5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cbcc5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9db05e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d9db05e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other pieces on the site, you may have picked up one of the seeds of my personal philosophy when it comes to being confronted by a potentially less then positive surprises, namely, the habit of turning a threat into an opportunity. This was no exception. I quickly dumped the \u201cWhat if\u201d thinking, and after only a few minutes, \u201cwhat am I going to do with all that wood &#8230; oh shit!\u201d\u00a0 turned to \u201cwhat am I going to do with all that wood &#8230; think of the possibilities\u201d.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I kid you not, within 30 minutes I was thinking \u201cSemi circle of wood &#8230; seating area on the inside &#8230;secluded space &#8230; peaceful &#8230; hidden from view on three sides &#8230;\u201d<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230; and so the idea of the Bothy was born.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The \u201csemi-circle\u201d idea was borne out of my fondness for areas of seclusion within the garden. This thought, allied with my love of secluded seating areas, combined quickly to form a picture of a semi-circle of roughly hewn tree stumps, maybe 6ft or so high, planting round the back of the structure (no idea what plants yet), and a seating area within that looked down the remaining 40ft of the garden and out on to the allotments beyond.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s worth noting that the idea of a pond was still some months away. At that time, my intention was to have a wildflower meadow feel to that section of the garden.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f1e2e3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f1e2e3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91b4025\" data-id=\"91b4025\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2300aa1 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" 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data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDA0OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL215Z2FyZGVudGFsa3N0b21lLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNFwvMDlcL0NsZW1hdGlzLUFybWFuZGlpLTIyQXBwbGUtQmxvc3NvbTIyLXNjYWxlZC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI3ODM1YmMxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Clematis-Armandii-22Apple-Blossom22-scaled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Clematis-Armandii-22Apple-Blossom22-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce5f6e2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce5f6e2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-abb0aa5\" data-id=\"abb0aa5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dcae76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dcae76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So &#8230; to the build. A simple structure, no nods to perfectionism here, chainsaw on the logs, roughly divided in two and assembled in a semi-circle, fixed to a series of 4&#215;2\u2019s with metal corner brackets, a \u201cpeep-hole\u201d created to the rear enabling a view back up the garden (see pic 2 above), a base constructed for the deck boards &#8230; job done. As a lover of \u201ccurves\u201d in gardens went for a curved, symmetrical extension to the deck, the intention being that it created a platform on which to look further down the garden.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My attention then turned to the planting. There were to be no plants within the structure (it still hadn\u2019t been christened as the Bothy), I want a clean space for sitting, meditating, chatting, drinking, watching, resting etc). The planting was designed to colonise the outer shell, my thinking being that, as anyone walked into the space (#bottomofthegarden), they wouldn\u2019t be aware of the space beyond and there would be a \u201creveal\u201d as they rounded the structure. In the video below you can see my first purchases were two climbers &#8230; a spring flowering clematis (Armandii \u201cApple Blossom\u201d) and a David Austin Rose (\u201cThe Patient Gardener\u201d \u2013 possibly some irony here!). Around the base of the \u201cWoodgloo\u201d, (an early but quickly rejected moniker) I planted tulips, ferns, and bluebells. 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I suppose the first question is: \u201cWhy call it anything?\u201d The simple answer is: \u201cIt makes life simpler\u201d. If I\u2019m wandering down the garden, it\u2019s sometimes useful to let others know where you might be found. A broader reason relates to areas in the garden having an identity. This creates a focus for design consideration, for compartmentalising how different areas within the garden relate to each other, and for providing these areas with a life of their own. So, a name was required, and various iterations were tried, tested and found wanting (e.g. the \u201cwoodgloo\u201d).<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We settled on Bothy for several reasons. Firstly, it captured some of the core elements of what this space was about. The design was such that it provides some shelter from the seasonal elements, a core element with regard to the definition of a Bothy. At roughly 2.3m high, it acts as a solid windbreak. Unless there\u2019s a full-on North wind, the Bothy provides refuge, and the gentle, upward slope of the facing allotments make an \u201cin your face\u201d assault much less likely. In the summer, there is a robust 2 chair, table, and large umbrella ensemble that provides much needed shade. The semi-circular design acts as an acoustic focus for what\u2019s happening immediately in front of the space. Background noise recedes even further into the background and the gentle patter of water in pond and associated wildlife activity is amplified.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Secondly, it was a short and pithy name, easy on the lips, and easy to remember.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7839206 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7839206\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-790272d\" data-id=\"790272d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb5d512 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"cb5d512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"http:\/\/mygardentalkstome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bothy-planting-and-pond-2019.mov\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b35ca8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b35ca8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can see the first plants to adorn the outer shell of the Bothy in the video above. On the cusp of the seating area you can also see a lovely Salvia (&#8220;Amistad&#8221;).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-40606f3\" data-id=\"40606f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f922122 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f922122\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Just after the bones of the build were completed, I read the book &#8220;Life in the Gardener&#8217;s Bothy&#8221; by Arthur Hooper (pic below). 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