Beginner & Expert Gardeners wanted
Hello everyone,
Long-time lurker on the forum here.
Just wanted to ask about how I can stop my neighbour's cat from using my flowerbeds as.......only kidding!!
What I'm actually looking to do is chat with beginner gardeners and experts about how we can make getting into gardening easier for everyone.
We know that private gardens in Britain cover an area bigger than all of the country’s nature reserves combined.
How can we get more and more people using this space, their space, in a way that is both enjoyable for them and good for wildlife and the planet?
If you're a beginner, what has been your greatest challenge so far? What has held you back?
If you're an expert, where do you think are we going wrong in getting people into gardening, if at all?
All thoughts wanted!
Long-time lurker on the forum here.
Just wanted to ask about how I can stop my neighbour's cat from using my flowerbeds as.......only kidding!!
What I'm actually looking to do is chat with beginner gardeners and experts about how we can make getting into gardening easier for everyone.
We know that private gardens in Britain cover an area bigger than all of the country’s nature reserves combined.
How can we get more and more people using this space, their space, in a way that is both enjoyable for them and good for wildlife and the planet?
If you're a beginner, what has been your greatest challenge so far? What has held you back?
If you're an expert, where do you think are we going wrong in getting people into gardening, if at all?
All thoughts wanted!
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Got any thoughts, Dove? You clearly have a lot of experience on the forum and will have read about the same issues time and time again...
I'm aware of a Flowerbuddy app ... I'm wondering whether you think the promotion of this app might help achieve your aims ...
Is there somewhere I sign up, and give you my credit card details?
for the fag ends of the aristocracy.
Why do we need to get more people doing this?
I cannot understand the need for it any more than the need to get more people playing musical instruments in a way that is enjoyable and good for the planet (given that many musical instruments use natural materials).
If you're a beginner, what has been your greatest challenge so far? What has held you back?
I have been a beginner and I am still a beginner in some respects. What has held me back? Only having one pair of hands and 24 hours in the day.
If you're an expert, where do you think are we going wrong in getting people into gardening, if at all?
I’m not an expert. I would say that very very few people are experts and, if they are, they are only experts in one small corner of the horticultural world. So I suppose, as a non expert, I am disbarred from answering the question but I’ll ask it anyway, where are we “going wrong”? In what way are we going wrong?
Why is being an expert a prerequisite to answering your question?