Re: helping landscapers become plant people

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The comments by Charles Bowers of Garden Gate Landscaping  drive me nuts.

"BTW money is the driver from the consumer. If we did it  "perfect" most  
all would not pay for it. They'd just find someone who  will give them  
a cheaper price and they honestly don't go a rat's  paootie (technical  
term) about the results. Cost is there motivator  period.

Been at this for 45 years. Scream at the consumer, they are in  the  
drivers seat and we have to figure out how to walk a line in order  to  
put food on our families table like everyone  does."

What about ethics?  What about common sense?  What  about saying you simply 
can't do a project because it's environmentally  and unconscionably 
irresponsible?  Must the dollar always  rule?

As a municipal wetlands commissioner and chair of the  commission we were 
forever receiving project plans from LA's and consultants  that were in no 
way protective of the environment let alone the wetlands.   As a result the 
plans were rejected for revision and resubmission resulting in  more cost for 
the client and more billing hours for the vendor.  We'd see  planting plans 
that included invasives, endangered or threatened plants and  plantings not 
at all even deer resistant that would be destroyed in less than a  year.

I'm not asking for perfect from LA's and landscapers.  I  am asking for 
ethical responsibility.

Andrew

Andrew Messinger
The Hampton Gardener is a  registered trade mark and is published every 
Thursday in The Southampton Press,  The Press and the Easthampton Press

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