On 2014-10-02 22:26:18 +0000, Bob Hobden said:

"david" wrote .

Christina Websell wrote:
"Bob Hobden" wrote
If you visit places with gardens as we do occasionally, and did this week,
and you see some strange even plain wrong planting do you chat to the
gardeners about it?
By wrong I mean ferns in full sun and potentially huge trees, Robinia
pseudoacacia, planted almost next to the building.


That's a difficult one. If the gardeners were around and looked friendly, I
might say "is there a reason why you did that..?" and see what they say.
Then go from there.
It's kind of like accusing someone of being a bad parent, very delicate to
approach.

Just remember that plants don't read the books that we do.


Very true David but I cannot think of a fern that actually likes to be
in full sun or will live in those conditions, then there are the trees,
large trees that grow to 100ft and more planted a few metres from a
house that has had millions spent on it's restoration has to be madness
in my book.

Some of these places are on sites that allow for (polite) comment, e.g.
those run by local counties or villages, group trip organisers etc. It
might be worth saying something on those.
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Sacha
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South Devon
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