Do you have a hierarchy?

Posted on June 19th, 2013, by Karen
wildflowers

I’m still reading Michael Polllan’s book “Second nature: a gardener’s education”. This time I want to talk about his description of the garden world’s plants hierarchy. At the top stand the very civilized plants such as the rose and at the bottom are the weeds, attempting to take over. Where plants fall in this chain [...]

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Have we taken political correctness too far?

Posted on June 6th, 2013, by Karen
blackboys

I have been visiting Perth on a monthly basis to deliver my first Budding Leaders Program and have had the chance to visit some of my favourite gardens including the wonderful Kings Park. I recently found myself standing next to a magnificent specimen of a plant and immediately identified it by the name I have [...]

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The experiences you bring to leading

Posted on May 29th, 2013, by Karen
iphone 196

So I’m working away at the weeding down at Northey Street City Farm the other day and the Co-ordinator leading volunteers that day strikes up a conversation with me about what I do when I’m not attempting to rid the world of weeds. I answer and respond by asking him about his background and find [...]

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Another milestone for the blog

Posted on May 22nd, 2013, by Karen
Top 100 Gardening blogs to follow

An infographic by the team at CouponAudit . Couldn’t help but show off the fact that my blog has been named number 49 in the Top 100 Gardening blogs to follow in 2013. Sure, it’s a different “spin” on gardening but I’m proud of being able to spread the  message of workplace gardening even further! [...]

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Position, position, position

Posted on May 15th, 2013, by Karen
Helleborous

What do real estate, employee engagement and gardening have in common? Success is all about position, position, position! Columnist Michael McCoy from Gardening Australia Magazine explored the issue of position in one of his recent articles in reference to a plant he has, a Helleborous called “Mrs Betty Ranicar”, that had issues because it was [...]

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