"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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In article , Sacha

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For me, I think it has something to do with plants being living
organisms, which *grow*. So a garden makeover which looks good
because
all the plants look just right isn't a real garden unless it is
still
going to look good in a year's time when the plants have spread.

You have hit the nail on the head. Of how many of the Chelsea gardens,
and indeed the Beeb "madeover" gardens, would this be true?

And a
gardener wants to continue to be involved in that garden - not just
to
sit back and look at it, but to continue to add plants and develop
it.

The evolution of the garden is of the essence.

Franz