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If I call myself a plantswoman ...

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in The potting shed
Is it Ok to have a higgledy piggledy garden full of  reasonably healthy plants that interest me but with no make shape or photogenic design?
I think so.
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • AuntyRachAuntyRach Posts: 5,291
    Well of course. Healthy plants are photogenic and if something is pleasing to you then it has beauty and purpose. 
    My garden and I live in South Wales. 
  • EmptyheadtimeEmptyheadtime Posts: 366
    Sounds good to me. Most people garden for ‘their’ enjoyment, not for others (although it’s nice if others appreciate your graft too).
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    edited August 2023
    I don't think you need an "excuse" - just enjoy your plants in what ever way makes you happy!
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,355
    Your garden - your rules.🙂
    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • SalixGoldSalixGold Posts: 450
    I don't think I could call myself a plantswoman if I didn't have a lifetime of professional or semi-professional expertise behind me. I think of Beth Chatto, Margery Fish and Gertrude Jekyll. They made a contribution. I suspect I will always be just someone who messes about with plants. I'm not even sure I could call myself a "Gardener",  in the proper sense.


  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    I think I'm more of a plantswoman than a gardener.  I'm not much of a gardener at all


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Does a plantswoman/ man need qualifications? I didn't realise. I must be a haphazard gardener then.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    edited August 2023
    I would describe a plantswoman as someone who has been interested in growing plants all their lives. Years of accumulated knowledge, through having contact with plants.

    I have recently left a  garden that was mine for over thirty years. On the day I left it no longer had my influence, it immediately took on the personality of someone else.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I call myself all sorts of things, but OH brings me quickly back to reality.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    A common expression in our house, in response to both good ideas and daft ones 🦇
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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