My Gardening Story – Plants I grew up growing, Part 2

The aim of this series is to help you get to know who I am and why I love gardening. As I have often said, I don’t come to you as a ‘professional’ who has gone to TAFE or University and learned a whole heap of stuff. These people are VERY useful and sometimes I [...]

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My Gardening Story – Plants I grew up growing, Part 1

So far in this series I have talked about the key people in my gardening journey and last month I talked about growing vegetables growing up. Another key part of my gardening journey has been the choosing, growing and planting of various different annual and perennial plants to supplement my parents gardening ambitions. This month [...]

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My Gardening Story – Growing Vegetables

Is it really July? Wow, the year is truly flying by. If you are new to the ‘My Gardening Story’ series, click the button above that says ‘My Gardening Story’ so you can catch up on the story so far. The purpose of this series is to enable you to know more about how I [...]

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My Gardening Story – My First Garden

My passion for gardening really did start at quite a young age. I spent a lot of time in the garden with my Grandma Middleton and also with my parents. However it was not until I was around 9 years old (which is still quite young really) that I got started with my very own [...]

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My Gardening Story – ‘Nan’ Croxford

I have said before in this series that my gardening blood goes a long way back. This months ‘My Gardening Story’ is all about my great-grandmother Eileen Croxford. Much of this information comes from a biography written about her, which can be found here. Eileen Croxford My nan was born on the  11th of December, [...]

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My Gardening Story – My Parents

So far in my gardening story I have told you how both my grandma’s have influenced my developing green thumb. They both have had various influences on me but another major way that they have helped develop my green thumb was by being the parents to my parents! Without my parents helping me and encouraging [...]

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My Gardening Story – Grandma Tysoe

Though the direct influence my Grandma Tysoe has had on my gardening story is certainly smaller than my Grandma Middleton, she none the less has played a role in my green thumb development. In fact as far as gardening skill goes, she is probably a better gardener overall. What she can do with a piece [...]

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My Gardening Story – Grandma Middleton

If there is one person in my life that has had a the most significant influence on my passion for gardening, it is the Grandma on my Father’s side. For the 14 years of my life that she was alive for, she embodied everything that I imagine when I think of a passionate gardener. I [...]

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