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Speakers for garden societies?
Janet Baraclough10/12/03 10:40
The message from Malcolm Ogilvie contains these words: When my parents opened their garden to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme, they accepted that at the end of each day their shrubs and plants would have been pruned for them......:-) Where is their garden, Malcolm? Janet. Sez she, sharpening her secateurs......... ;-) -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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Malcolm Ogilvie10/12/03 6:34
In article , Janet Tweedy writes In article , Sacha writes And yes, I'd forgotten Guy tends to disappear with his secateurs and plastic bags. ;-0 Well I'm afraid that's what friends are used to me doing! Never go round a garden without a plastic bag and secateurs, though I have never taken anything without the permission of the garden's owner! I usually return later in the year and bring them a rooted cutting or two so we all win in the end When my parents opened their garden to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme, they accepted that at the end of each day their shrubs and plants would have been pruned for them......:-) I've quoted this before on agr but for the sake of newcomers, I'll quote it again. This is from the late, great Percy Thrower. Someone asked him when one should take cuttings and his answer was "when the owner isn't looking". ;-) Raymond also told me the story of a lady who owned a nursery not far from here and although she was small, she was fiery. A member of her staff told her that while they'd watched a customer picking up plants and placing them in a trolley, they'd also noticed her nicking a cutting or 10, here and there. So - when said customer came to pay for the visible plants (with cuttings hidden in her bag) the formidable lady said "That's X for the plants and we'll say £5 for the cuttings". ;-) Ray had a truly hilarious moment or two in The Abbey Gardens, Tresco a year or two ago. The curator of the Gardens, Mike Nelhams, is a friend and he had given Ray permission to take whatever cuttings he chose. He'd even provided a pair of secateurs and offered a trowel but we felt the latter was a step too far! So - Raymond did his 'cuttings tour' of the gardens and had two amusing encounters: one woman said to him "Are you allowed to do that? Do you work here?" Raymond's reply was "I've been working here for at least the last hour". The second needed no reply - a chap sidled up to him as Ray was taking a cutting of something-lovely-and-precious and said "I've had a couple of bits off those, too". ;-) IOW, nothing and nowhere is sacred! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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from Malcolm Ogilvie contains these words: When my parents opened their garden to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme, they accepted that at the end of each day their shrubs and plants would have been pruned for them......:-) Where is their garden, Malcolm? Janet. |
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Janet Baraclough10/12/03 10:40
The message from Malcolm Ogilvie contains these words: When my parents opened their garden to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme, they accepted that at the end of each day their shrubs and plants would have been pruned for them......:-) Where is their garden, Malcolm? Janet. Sez she, sharpening her secateurs......... ;-) -- Sacha (remove the 'x' to email me) |
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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 22:40:48 GMT, Janet Baraclough
wrote: The message from Malcolm Ogilvie contains these words: When my parents opened their garden to the public as part of the National Gardens Scheme, they accepted that at the end of each day their shrubs and plants would have been pruned for them......:-) Where is their garden, Malcolm? I can see your secateurs and the glint in your eye... -- Martin |
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