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I keep meaning to post this, but events overtook me, however...
Last Tuesday we went to a Garden Society talk. The speaker was Steve Edney, Head Gardener at The Salutation near Sandwich in Kent. The Secret Gardens of Sandwich | Meet Our Gardeners | Sandwich | Kent
My goodness, he was fascinating. He's brought this garden back from a ruin in five years, and he had to compress all that work into an hour and a half's talk for us, no mean feat.
Now normally, after an hour, I'm fidgiting in my plastic chair and desperate for a cup of tea, but not so this time. I could have listened to him talk about his garden for hours. Its wonderful to hear somebody talk about something they are genuinely passionate about, and when that is gardening, its doubley wonderful.
We're going to visit the gardens as a group at the end of June. Before the talk I was a bit 'blah' about it (sorry!
), but now I can't wait to go!
If the media ever get hold of this guy, he'll give Matthew Wilson a run for his money on the 'dish' stakes too!!
(The piccy on the website doesn't do him justice)
Last Tuesday we went to a Garden Society talk. The speaker was Steve Edney, Head Gardener at The Salutation near Sandwich in Kent. The Secret Gardens of Sandwich | Meet Our Gardeners | Sandwich | Kent
My goodness, he was fascinating. He's brought this garden back from a ruin in five years, and he had to compress all that work into an hour and a half's talk for us, no mean feat.
Now normally, after an hour, I'm fidgiting in my plastic chair and desperate for a cup of tea, but not so this time. I could have listened to him talk about his garden for hours. Its wonderful to hear somebody talk about something they are genuinely passionate about, and when that is gardening, its doubley wonderful.
We're going to visit the gardens as a group at the end of June. Before the talk I was a bit 'blah' about it (sorry!
), but now I can't wait to go!If the media ever get hold of this guy, he'll give Matthew Wilson a run for his money on the 'dish' stakes too!!
(The piccy on the website doesn't do him justice)
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