Garden criticism

Ever heard the proverb: "Don't cast your pearls before swine"?  While I
wouldn't for a moment insinuate people compare to pigs, the theory is still
valid:  I try not to invite people to my garden that would not appreciate it
in the first place, because of other interests or a radically different
taste in garden style.  I see this as a win-win.  I won't waste my time or
their time.  Additionally, I would not want to visit their garden and have
to come up with appropriate comments and compliments that I don't genuinely
feel, so I won't put them in that place either.

People that criticize other's "works of art" or "works of HEART" are really
very small-minded and foolish. They fail to consider that we are all VERY
DIFFERENT and thank God for it or the world would be a pretty boring place.
I mean, I LOVE my garden and will forever appreciate it more than your
garden (whoever you may be) but I sure wouldn't want to keep visiting "my
garden" whenever I went out on garden tours or looked at garden books! ;-)



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> yes and no.  Everyone knows that my garden is definitely 
> off-limits.  You
> may admire, but do not weed, cut, dig, or otherwise deface 
> the existing
> design.  If you have criticisms, fine.  But if you feel bold 
> enough to do
> so, expect a bold reply from me.  My garden is very personal 
> and means a
> great deal to me as I'm sure all of yours does.  I get 
> comments from Mom
> about the "stalky" plants I have or that things seem "jumbled and
> overgrown".  Considering that she greatly admires the 
> Victorian bedding
> designs of lots of meticulously maintained annuals, it's no 
> wonder that she
> looks askance at my cottage-style garden.  So what?  I reply 
> to negative
> comments with the following:  "I like it this way".  Keep 
> repeating it if
> they don't get it the first time.  If someone wants to "help", I
> specifically them a task.  Example:  prune out the dead buds on a rose
> bush, deadhead the peony, stake the dahlias, etc, but something always






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