Gardening consisted of removing any new weeds, sweeping the leaves, planting seeds and bulbs over the new lots. I'm sure you can imagine the needs of a lively garden through the changes of season, whether natures or fashions. The children always began by integrating the freshly ploughed soil into the overall landscape, nothing should look out of place, all harmony and poetry. Boris often spoke of the poetics of space, his garden a symphony, the orchestration of colour and light. How grand it all was.