Very few gardens are the same.
They may be a similar size, maybe on a modern development where most of the houses look similar.
But the gardens are unique.
They reflect the personalities of those who tend them.
The pots, the types of flower, the layout.
Those who tend them like to spend time there, enjoying what they have planted and nurtured. It helps them feel whole.
At what point did we decide that "work" had to be different?
We benchmark, we measure, we compare, we run scared of variation from what we've planned. We fear being judged.
Gardeners revel in difference, and unexpected arrivals. When the dahlia they grew turns out to be a different colour from that they had anticipated, they don't fire it, they just plant it somewhere else in the garden where it fits.
Weather happens. Forecasts are usually approximately right, but precisely wrong and every now and again we get a real storm and have to repair the damage it caused, but we don't blame anyone.
And when the sun shines, and all is in b…
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