Re: Last day - Something new to grow
Your new garden sounds like a challenge! Have fun!
We moved into a new house in the Sierra Nevadas forest at 3000'
elevation in 1996. At first, I didnt know if a garden was possible
here, but I stuck in a few things, and have just kept going. Pretty
exciting, that it actually worked, and with new plants I never knew
before. But I had a friend I corresponded with in England, who said of
her upcoming retirement, "I would like to start a garden, but I would
not live long enough to see it come to maturity." I thought this was an
interesting statement, but one which I hoped was not true. Perhaps
people in England just have a different view of gardens than we do in
this country?
I know it will be years before my rhododendrons become huge - if ever.
(It has been difficult even finding ones which get very tall, but I
guess I do have an ideal of English gardens I have seen, such as the
Rothschilds' rhodies.) Perhaps our habit of moving around in this
country affects our view of gardening. On the other hand, the English
seem to be very good at putting together instant gardens, like they do
at the Chelsea flower show. But I wonder if they all feel as my friend
there does - that a garden is a very long term thing?
Anelle
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