Oh where to start? I cannot do it alone. I need someone who knows about this stuff. My friend Craig has a great garden, and I could ask him what to do, but he would rightly think I was a pain in the neck. He has his own garden to attend to. He would probably be suspicious too. Neil has been great labouring during his working hours, oops I mean spare time, but I can-t get him to do everything.
I have been listening to someone on the local radio, who certainly knows her gardening stuff. She talks like she has swallowed the Chelsea Flower Show encyclopaedia. Latin words sprinkled like rose petal confetti all over a village church green. Is that the right simile? If only she could help me find someone. So I sent her an email.
Turns out, she not only knows her alliums from her valliums, but she also does garden design and project management. But she would probably be too expensive right? Not so. Let us just say that for my last garden project, which we decided to do alone, for a garden 5 meters by 9 meters we were quoted 6,500 euros just for a design by someone else. This time we were looking at a tiny, tiny fraction of that cost for a more comprehensive service and a much bigger garden. Much less! For now, let us just call her my garden angel. You will see why.
When I told her everything I told you in my earlier blog she said "Ok. We can do that." Wow!
Not only is she going to design what I want with plants I like and guide me through what will work in this area, she is going to project manage the whole darn thing. She is going to find conytractors (typo, but I like that word), find the plants and basically make my wish come true: can't say fairer than that! She will probably be a harder task master than I could ever be. Or anyone else I know for that matter.
A beautiful start to a beautiful project. Maybe I can be famous by association?
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