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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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! [...]

Tags: Leadership and gardening, Leadership and management, Leadership skills, Leading is like gardening, Workplace gardening

Carlos Magdalena is revered in the gardening world as a miracle worker. He is known internationally as the Spanish “plant messiah” for his ability to propagate endangered species when other gardeners fail.  I encountered his remarkable skills whilst watching the latest David Attenborough series “Kingdom of plants” which I have now quoted a few times [...]

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Organisations, like gardens come in all shapes and sizes but the methods of keeping them healthy and productive are exactly the same. I like to divide workplace gardens into 5 different sizes, depending the number of employees, and compare them to a similar sized garden.   * A micro business with one or two employees [...]

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  While researching ideas for a customised presentation I recently delivered to the Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (www.wista.net) I came across this example of how you can’t keep a good seed down. The lush green plants in this picture contain more history than you can possibly imagine. They came from soil that was [...]

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