A unique way to bring an image of a traditional, living, rural Britain into the present day.

A nostalgic perception of British countryside is made up of remembered scenes; memory is selective, forgetting the uninteresting, to form a vision from sunlit meadows, rustic cottages and tree shaded lanes.

In the green seclusion of my little countryside I have attempted to make this nostalgic view real.

It has its presence in two worlds, as a miniature in a modern world, and in a second world that draws one into another reality; here the minds eye can wander along paths among woods and cottages.

Here is a way in which a permanent British tourism promotion could be established anywhere in the world which has a reasonable climate.

There is the possibility that this countryside could become an artistic feature for an established public attraction, or create a theme for a new civic or business venture.  A living logo, providing a visual theme for continuing advertising.  An historic Britain which could be established almost anywhere in the world.  A small British Isle with natural leafy lanes and wooded hills, a rocky cove, gardens hedged and fenced, Constables 'Haywain' scenery, house and trees mirrored in the mill pond.  This is a picture which alters with the seasons and matures with time the lanes and trees an ever changing but familiar reality, a living painting of an old countryside.

The following are some of the other possibilities:

Its worth to an established tourist destination is that it would attract people, an added delight to bring previous visitors back and attracting a new set of visitors to this unique and historically authentic, living rural landscape.

If featured through the windows of a restaurant or coffee shop, upgrading the pleasure of the eating experience. The publicity which would attach is also an asset. Regional Tourism Facts For The West Country suggest that the average visitor numbers for a country or leisure park are 250,000 each year. If this unique added reason to visit added only 2% to that figure and the admission price was a modest £5 this would generate an extra £25,000 each year. Add on the sale of books, unique postcard views, etc.:

Miniature Building Museum

The educational and artistic value of this work could be the key to unlimited publicity and visitor interest. Foreign tourists would be attracted to this uncomplicated embodiment of the British countryside; a cottage history gathered together into one place. A small British Isle with natural leafy lanes and wooded hills, a rocky cove, gardens hedged and fenced, Constables 'Haywain' scenery, house and trees mirrored in the mill pond. The peaceful directness, the cottage homeliness, we exchanged for industrial prosperity.

Reception area or coffee lounge

Imagine a reception area or city restaurant able to offer an exclusive view of rolling acres of British rural cottage history through its windows. Once in a public environment the promotional opportunities would be endless.

Tourist attraction or feature for:

• Town or City

• Theme Park

• Rural museum

• Municipal park

• Pub

• Themed restaurant

• Garden centre

• Japan link with Britain [miniature trees with British history]

• Green business - Promotional living logo

• Advertising promotion for appropriate products

• Vernacular buildings

• Arboretum of miniature trees

• Exportable Britain in miniature

• Architectural exhibit

• Cottage architecture

• Miniatures

• Models

• Small trees

• Garden feature

• Disabled Gardening [allow disabled people to garden]

• Roof garden

• Hamlet in miniature

• Estate gardening in miniature

• Business identity

• Gardening in miniature

• Landscapes in miniature