Hi there folks.

I am agarden designer and believe that anyone can design
their
own garden.

If you need a start try this simple piece of software which can either
be used online or bought and donwloaded to any PC. Click on the link
below.

Cheers Jai

http://www.plimus.com/jsp/redirect.j...6&referrer=Jai

Jai wrote:
Hi there folks.

I am agarden designer and believe that anyone can design
their
own garden.

If you need a start try this simple piece of software which can either
be used online or bought and donwloaded to any PC. Click on the link
below.

Cheers Jai

http://www.plimus.com/jsp/redirect.j...6&referrer=Jai

I am a garden designer and I don't believe that anyone can design their
own garden. If you DO, why are you a garden designer? :-)

I would never advocate that ANYONE design a garden using software. You
cannot beat years of experience, an eye for colour, texture, height,
season of growth or flower, size, shape, trunk colour, position of sun
in garden, soil type, shadows cast by buildings and trees, needs of
person who owns garden, realisation that the RHS is often WRONG...
During my years doing my job (and maintaining and renovating gardens) I
have met many people who seriously have not got a clue. And they are not
ashamed to admit it. And they don't have time to do anything about
learning. Or they don't want to. And why should they? That's my job. Why
should they fiddle about with a bit of software (and most of them are
not very good)?

Also, everybody knows that REAL designers use Macs. :-)

He's an affiliate to the software he references, hence the provocative post. Technically, it’s spam and needs nuking.

Don’t click on the link and he doesn’t get any money. Click on the link and he likes you.

"Jane" wrote in message
...
Jai wrote: Hi there folks.
I am agarden designer and believe that anyone can design
their own garden. If you need a start try this simple piece of software
which can either
be used online or bought and donwloaded to any PC. Click on the link
below. Cheers Jai

http://www.plimus.com/jsp/redirect.j...6&referrer=Jai

I am a garden designer and I don't believe that anyone can design their
own garden. If you DO, why are you a garden designer? :-)

I would never advocate that ANYONE design a garden using software. You
cannot beat years of experience, an eye for colour, texture, height,
season of growth or flower, size, shape, trunk colour, position of sun in
garden, soil type, shadows cast by buildings and trees, needs of person
who owns garden, realisation that the RHS is often WRONG... During my
years doing my job (and maintaining and renovating gardens) I have met
many people who seriously have not got a clue. And they are not ashamed to
admit it. And they don't have time to do anything about learning. Or they
don't want to. And why should they? That's my job. Why should they fiddle
about with a bit of software (and most of them are not very good)?

Also, everybody knows that REAL designers use Macs. :-)

If you look closely you can buy the mentioned software for just
$19,95...........I wonder if the designs are based on the Australian
climate...........
Jenny

In article , Jane
writes

I have met many people who seriously have not got a clue. And they are
not ashamed to admit it.

No we aren't!
I can grow a fair few plants but I haven't a clue how to 'merge beds' or
make "paths logical" or plan out interesting vistas. What I would
require in a designer is for her/him to take all my plants and re
arrange them artistically

I follow all the design programmes and just can't see what they mean
when they scribble something on a bit of paper and show how easy it is
to bring 'elements together'
I tend to dig a bit out here and there so I get more room to grow yet
more plants.

On the other hand I also have a lot of plants which require some sort of
"life laundry" to throw away the useless ones and concentrate on worthy
garden plants. Ho hum........ I just haven't got the heart to dig them
up unless they go into another garden..


--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet Tweedy wrote:
In article , Jane
writes

I have met many people who seriously have not got a clue. And they are
not ashamed to admit it.

No we aren't!
I can grow a fair few plants but I haven't a clue how to 'merge beds' or
make "paths logical" or plan out interesting vistas. What I would
require in a designer is for her/him to take all my plants and re
arrange them artistically

I follow all the design programmes and just can't see what they mean
when they scribble something on a bit of paper and show how easy it is
to bring 'elements together'
I tend to dig a bit out here and there so I get more room to grow yet
more plants.

On the other hand I also have a lot of plants which require some sort of
"life laundry" to throw away the useless ones and concentrate on worthy
garden plants. Ho hum........ I just haven't got the heart to dig them
up unless they go into another garden..


That's admirable, Janet. There is always a new home for an unwanted
plant. One man's meat is another's poison. I can't tell you how many
plants I take out of one client's garden who can't stand them, to plant
in another's who loves them. Lovely part of the job, actually, giving
them a new home with someone who appreciates them. Sort of the ultimate
recycling, I think. And if nobody wants them, I take them until I find
them a home. Bit of a softy! :-)

On 3 Feb, 22:02, Jane wrote:
That's admirable, Janet. There is always a new home for an unwanted
plant. One man's meat is another's poison. I can't tell you how many
plants I take out of one client's garden who can't stand them, to plant
in another's who loves them. Lovely part of the job, actually, giving
them a new home with someone who appreciates them. Sort of the ultimate
recycling, I think. And if nobody wants them, I take them until I find
them a home. Bit of a softy! :-)

Where do you post from? Anywhere around Manchester? I could do with a
neighbour like you ))

Another sad part of this would be to discover, as I did last week at
my cousin's house, that she'd been given a huge, I mean enormous
perhaps 1.5m circum. rosemary bush, hollow and bear at the centre,
looking pathetic, but nonetheless huge. My cousin thought that was a
bargain. I didn't have the heart to tell her that where she had put it
wasn't right, nor that the depth she put it would suit it and finally
that this plant would never pick up. It had been severely pruned to
the wood too and there was no chance of taking cuttings either. She
had also been given half dozen lavenders, with a bit of green shoots
here and there but so stragly and sad looking - they'd be better on
the bonfire. Someone played a joke on them, obviously, because she has
a huge garden and she's desperate to fill it (