I am one hundred per cent sure that different people are more adept at different things. I don't know how it works - a particular mental or intellectual bias, a personal enthusiasm, working harder by preference, but some people are just better at one thing or another and learning the basics may improve a performance but it won't bring you up to those who have natural talent. I am a retired teacher as well as a mum and a grandparent and I have seen it again and again. I don't believe in magic! but I know there is an element there that isn't obvious.
I agree with you @Posy. Some people have a flair for certain things, and that can be 'improved' upon with some time and effort. The difference with gardening, compared to something like decorating your house, is - a garden changes many times through the year. Your cushions and lamps don't, so there's always changes and compromises to be made outdoors which you don't have to consider inside a house. Someone in Dorset can buy the same lamp as me, and it'll perform exactly the same. A perennial tree or shrub won't necessarily do that. A living thing is a very different to an inanimate object.
However, how many times have we all sown seed, potted up cuttings, or divided plants, in identical soil/compost and growing conditions, and one lot will do well and another won't. That's just how it is with plants, and it's both the joy and frustration with it all. Nothing to do with skill or anything else
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
" In the first of four special programmes celebrating the joy that the gardening year brings, Monty harvests his favourite winter veg, demonstrates how to take hardwood cuttings and plants up a container with tulips for a display of spring colour.
Joe Swift meets TV presenter AJ Odudu and discovers her passion for house plants, Carol Klein visits RHS Rosemoor in Devon, a garden with enough colour and texture to brighten even the darkest of winter days, and Sue Kent and Toby Buckland take an inspirational trip to Piet Oudolf’s garden at Hauser & Wirth in Somerset.
The head gardener at West Dean Gardens in West Sussex shares his tips on growing ranunculus, and there's a look at an incredible collection of bamboo at Trebah Garden in Cornwall. There’s also a chance to see what viewers have been getting up to in their gardens."
Thank you! It should automatically record on my tv recorder if it is classed as Gardener’s World but I will double check. Note a time clash with Strictly!
@AuntyRach - because it has 'extra words' in the title, that might be why it hasn't worked. I find that happens quite often with some programmes I have on the link- very annoying! It's repeated on Sunday morning, same as the usual prog, if that's any use.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I am a retired teacher as well as a mum and a grandparent and I have seen it again and again. I don't believe in magic! but I know there is an element there that isn't obvious.
The difference with gardening, compared to something like decorating your house, is - a garden changes many times through the year. Your cushions and lamps don't, so there's always changes and compromises to be made outdoors which you don't have to consider inside a house. Someone in Dorset can buy the same lamp as me, and it'll perform exactly the same. A perennial tree or shrub won't necessarily do that. A living thing is a very different to an inanimate object.
However, how many times have we all sown seed, potted up cuttings, or divided plants, in identical soil/compost and growing conditions, and one lot will do well and another won't. That's just how it is with plants, and it's both the joy and frustration with it all. Nothing to do with skill or anything else
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
" In the first of four special programmes celebrating the joy that the gardening year brings, Monty harvests his favourite winter veg, demonstrates how to take hardwood cuttings and plants up a container with tulips for a display of spring colour.
Joe Swift meets TV presenter AJ Odudu and discovers her passion for house plants, Carol Klein visits RHS Rosemoor in Devon, a garden with enough colour and texture to brighten even the darkest of winter days, and Sue Kent and Toby Buckland take an inspirational trip to Piet Oudolf’s garden at Hauser & Wirth in Somerset.
The head gardener at West Dean Gardens in West Sussex shares his tips on growing ranunculus, and there's a look at an incredible collection of bamboo at Trebah Garden in Cornwall. There’s also a chance to see what viewers have been getting up to in their gardens."
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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It's repeated on Sunday morning, same as the usual prog, if that's any use.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...