I'm so grateful to EGP for the opportunities I’ve had to learn more about gardening, the local community and the abundance of nature. I’ve been matched with a wonderful garden owner, Ken, who welcomed me and my 'give-it-a-go' approach.
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As my own garden is small and shady I am unable to grow vegetables successfully so was delighted when EGP offered me the opportunity to grow some in Simon’s old vegetable plot. As he had grown older he had been unable to care for it and it had become overrun with brambles, horsetail, horseradish and several other perennial weeds
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I don’t know about anyone else but at my first day in the garden I had no idea what I was meant to know or do. However, in the last year I have been on multiple wonderful courses learning as much as I can about plants, have learned how to prepare for winter, dug up many a gnarly unkempt weed and most recently brought my family round to visit and put them to work for an hour – something I’d never even have thought I could when I first started.
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When I first met Jean, she told me that she had never been interested in gardening but was happy that someone else could benefit from her garden. I was not her first garden partner and she made it clear that as well as doing the garden having a “blether” over a cup of tea was certainly expected!
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