I was watching another episode of Monty Don’s “Lost Gardens”.  This time it was devoted to a Victorian era pleasure garden complete with a beautiful summer house. This series is not just about gardening. It also gives an insight into how people lived at a point in history. What I learnt is that by the [...]

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It is very easy as a leader, or a gardener, to get caught up in the details and forget what it is you are trying to achieve in the big picture. We can easily obsess about minor issues, like the weeding or pruning when, from a distance, everything looks fine. We just need to take [...]

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Did you know that the number one reason cactus plants die is over watering? At the moment I feel like a cactus that is getting way too much water. I’m on a committee that is led by a micro manager. The emails and phone calls are starting to get to me. I feel like I’m [...]

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I was rummaging around the discount table of a book store recently and came across this title . . . “No time to garden: the half hour gardener” It immediately reminded me of another book . . . “The one minute manager”. Both come from the same angle: how to make a difference when you [...]

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