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Interest in Gardening
On 2 Mar, 07:38, "'Mike'" wrote:
""There has been a noticeable active interest in gardening in the United Kingdom over the last 10 - 15 years"" Given the above statement, is this due to a) The flood of Gardening programmes on Television or b) The increase of Garden Centres such as B & Q where shopping for the garden has been made easier for the first time and more inexperienced gardener? c) A return to our roots (cultural needs), the want to grow our grubs, environmental issues, health issues, this land is our land etc.... Just returned from London, Chelsea school of design for a one day workshop on garden design (offered to me by KLC plus 30 quids to spend on books on Amazon). It's part of my diploma but the workshop was also open to everybody. We were around 20, from retired teachers, a laywer (still young 15 years into her profession), lots doing the same course as me, 2 ladies which had been given the course as a present, most wanting a change of careers and a handful wanting to do their own garden. It seems to me that there is also a wish to pass on their experiences in gardening - all were gardeners, design is secondary. And that can only be a good thing. What also struck me is that there was in another class lots of foreigners, particularly some young French students who cannot find such courses in France. England seems to be leading a move towards garden design and more to the point the quality in teaching is excellent. I thoroughly enjoyed myself and met some fantastic people - some with whom I'll keep in touch and certainly will work with. PS. There was however a Portugese woman who had never heard about compost ... |
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