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Extracts from a few of the magazine and newspaper features relating to the limited display of cottage buildings at my former nursery.
GARDEN NEWS. His designs are more of a 'jewellers counter', the thatching is real thatching and the stonework real stone.
THE GUARDIAN. His forte, like his namesake's, is to create perfect living portraits of rural England - but to a 1/32nd scale.
OUT OF TOWN. John Constable caters for the dreamer in us and himself.
AMATEUR GARDENING. Like his namesake John Constable is an artist.
THE OBSERVER. Mr Constable has a devotion to the English countryside as profound as the eponymous painter's, but he expresses it rather differently. Using miniature plants, shrubs and trees, he creates perfect miniature landscapes, complete with fields, hedges, fences and cottages...a vision of the country.
POPULAR GARDENING. John's extensive knowledge of rural architecture and history combine to produce creations of a staggering realism, of wonderful accuracy, John Constable demands the highest possible standards.
SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE. The name of one of Britain's most celebrated landscape artists is 'a happy coincidence' for a man who has established himself in a similar field - albeit in miniature.
SUNDAY TIMES. Constables venture has become a place of pilgrimage... Now he is deserting his nursery to write another book and realise his dream of building a miniature England.
ANNABEL. John Constable creates perfect living portraits of rural life. He has mastered the intricate art of thatching, and builds perfect miniature walls with tiny pieces of Cotswold stone, all dressed by hand.
HANNOVERSCHE ALLGEMEINE (Germany) Translated. Fabulous miniatures exactly 32 times smaller than full size. The Britisher is wholeheartedly trying to preserve the heritage of the past. Constable internationally famous for his creations, up until now known only through books.
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY. The traditional style and sturdy materials mean it will last for generations.
THE LADY. John Constable caters for the smallest garden.
HERITAGE. Working with miniature plants and authentic materials, JOHN CONSTABLE has created a new form of living art which could become a microcosm of all our traditional landscapes.
THE CONSERVATION FOUNDATIONS FIRST CONSERVATION ANNUAL. Mr Constable believes that cottages and bountiful landscape are the images of the England dreamed of and loved, and the reason these images fill our hearts is that they represent a time when man and nature had attained harmony of life. His creations are intended to preserve a real living pattern.
HARROWSMITH (Canada). John Constable is making a name for himself as a grower of tiny plants.
NUTSHELL NEWS. (U.S.A.) The author of Landscapes in Miniature, this John Constable, like the famous 19th century painter, lives and works in his native English countryside.
WESTERN DAILY PRESS. a masterpiece of cottages, forests, fields and gardens showing a tranquil English countryside.
MODEL RAILWAY. Now, a Miniature living world which follows the laws of nature is possible.
MILITARY MODELLING. No, not a dream, but reality.
TELEVISION FEATURES.
Pebble Mill at One. Runaround. Down to Earth. Over The Garden Wall. Afternoon Plus. Saturday Superstore. BBC and ITV Magazine programs.
Several radio programs.
H.R.H The Prince of Wales has sent his very best wishes for this miniature buildings museum. | 
