On 30/12/05 12:42 am, in article ,
"Janet Baraclough" wrote:

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I can think of several youngish woodland gardens, of similar size
and age, planted from scratch by their current owner with no paid help
at all, which demonstrate a lot more taste, knowledge and care for
trees. Where 25 yr old plantings already look wonderful , and have the
proper space, and surroundings, to achieve their full potential at 50.


It's only an idle thought and may be quite wrong but when they started, I
don't think they, personally, were any sort of experts. In fact, didn't
Heseltine come perilously close to going entirely broke and then recovered
by going into publishing - not sure. But what I'm thinking is if they
*weren't* experts when they started, maybe they did not, in fact, get what
was the good advice they thought and perhaps they were 'over sold'
deliberately.

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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
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