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Hi my name's Ash, im 39 from North Wales. I'm disabled and use a wheelchair. I volunteer in a garden centre which I enjoy. I don't know much about plants and because I've suffered head injury, learning new things is difficult and frustrating. My boss suggested that I do a table on computer with short descriptions in separate columns of various plants that are at the garden centre and learn about plants that way. I find it easy to learn from, but I feel im missing things like, how annual plants grow, how and where they drop seed,how perennials grow things like that. Have you any suggestions as what learning process to follow?
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Hi Ashley; like you I have have a head injury which affects my ability to do many things.
I THINK you are wanting a quite basic gardeners guide to help teach you about a border range of plants; am I right?
I'm not sure, i think so. I'm confused with it all.
I would try and track down some of the Dr Hessayon books. He did books on all sorts of gardening subjects and they have lots of pictures and easy to follow text. The books are quite old now but the advice will still be valid. You can get them very cheaply on Amazon as used or ask your local library to get them in for you.
Would this book be any good? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-How-Be-Gardener-ebook/dp/B00BFTT7EK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498238184&sr=8-1&keywords=alan+titchmarsh+beginner
That's one of the best there is Ashley
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'll let you know how i get on with it
I bought my adult daughter a copy when she first became interested in gardening ... now she has a job as a gardener at a beautiful country estate .... she learned a lot from that book
I hope you enjoy it.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
the 'How to be a Gardener' videos are all on youtube if you find it easier to learn like that
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+be+a+gardener+alan+titchmarsh+
In the sticks near Peterborough
I'm reading Alan Titchmarsh book, How to be a Gardener and im reading the different parts of a plant from root to stem and leaves. He explains in detail for each one but then simplifies each one, are these simplified explanations ok to remember,
Roots absorb water from the soil, and tap roots store food for the plant.
Stems are the pipes that transport food and water to different parts of the plant,
Leaves act like solar panels converting sunlight into food
That's a good start Ash.
Roots absorb water and nutrients for the plant, and the stems contain the plumbing (or veins if you like) to transport the food and water to the rest of the plant.
As light falls on a leaf, the wonders of physics and chemistry allow the plant to convert light into sugar! via the chlorophyll in the leaves.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.