"Martin" wrote
Jennifer Sparkes

Too small to grow either Rhubarb or Fig Trees in - even
tankards!

Don't make a spectacle of yourself.

You could grow one of each in a pair of bins.

--
Sue

On 11 Mar, 12:54, Janet Tweedy wrote:
Even the RHS is now re-considering some of it's teachings to accommodate
global warming. In particular classing some plants as only half hardy in
the UK when many gardeners are not only growing and keeping said plants
but are getting crops from plants such as olives, grapefruit and
bananas!
The RHS course teaches the basics but then you have to go out and build
on that information by talking and mainly listening to the experienced
gardeners. They will refute some text book stuff and will agree with
other data

Yes. When I passed mine last year I was in the last year of this
particular curriculum which had run for 30 years unchanged! They
changed everything from last March (hence me and my class missing 4
months of tutorial ... which we had to figure out ourselves). It was
fair but it had to be done, and did it with bloody hard work. Now
there's the social, health, commercial aspect of gardening included in
the course. Schools are now also building allotments, getting involved
with community gardens etc. The whole approach is changing. Some
people do the RHS II after perhaps 20 years of gardening experience,
to pursue another course like landscaping, garden design,
environmental art and therapy. I've done them all except therapy - I'm
not a teacher and I would be rather attracted to people and their
madness and wouldn't want to change them.

On 11/3/07 13:59, in article
, "Dave Hill"
wrote:


Very much so and what an excellent and thoughtful post. Ray, who has been a
nurseryman for 50 years, always says that not everyone can possibly know
everything!

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Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devonhttp://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)


Quite right, and remember that Plants don't read the books so they
don't know how they are supposed to behave.
There is always one that breaks all the rules.

David Hill
Abacus Nurseries

Not SO very long ago, people believed that Camellias had to be kept in
greenhouses pretty well all over UK! When I first met Ray, I lived in a bit
of a frost pocket and he used to give me a few things to 'trial', saying I
was at the cutting edge of horticulture. ;-)
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)

"Sue" wrote in message
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"Martin" wrote
Jennifer Sparkes

Too small to grow either Rhubarb or Fig Trees in - even
tankards!

Don't make a spectacle of yourself.

You could grow one of each in a pair of bins.

Why would you want to grow a spectacle in a bin?


--
Sue