Amateur Gardening

The importance of right plant, right place

Obviously I’m biased, but I think our team are amazing. They work so hard and take great pride in their work; some would say they are perfectionists.

Sometimes, though, being a perfectionist is of no use if you are unable to take a step back to see the bigger picture. There’s no point, for example, spending hours crafting an ornate fire guard out of chocolate just for it to inevitably fail.

The same can go for gardens. We can get caught up in endeavoursthe drought-tolerant plants chosen.

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