"Stan The Man" wrote
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The dedicated chap with a wild/natural vegetable garden on the banks
of a raging Cumbrian river was inspirational - and great TV.
Definitely not usual NGS fare but they let him in (possibly only
because the TV cameras were there) and hopefully he will get lots of
visitors next year.

Absolutely agree about the Cumbian gardener. He could see the natural
beauty all around him even if the NGS lady was finding it hard to feel
quite the same without any perennial borders to judge.
I'm glad he got his chance; you don't always want to visit the same type
of manicured, designed garden over and over again.

Did you see the one about Mr Podmore at Consall Hall? (Staffordshire
iirc.) That was just about as far to the opposite end of the spectrum
from the wild garden as you could get, but the landscape he'd created
was so inspiring. It was such a shame there was bad weather on his open
day. I thought I'd love to go there if I ever get the chance.

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Sue