Sunday 18 March 2012

The beauty of gardening

I have been reminded today, whilst visiting my parents, of one of the things I love about gardening; how much gardeners love to share their passion and pass it on. My father and my mothers father were always gardening when I was young. I did not pay much attention then and certainly not as a teenager. I can remember being bemused by Gardeners World and why anyone would want to watch it. Now I realise the interest was being developed without me realising. My passion was instantly born as soon as I had my own garden and I wait eagerly for Gardeners World.

Wandering round my fathers garden, greeting old friends as they push through the soil and sharing ideas, I am so pleased to have an inherited his knowledge and skill. To be able to share it with him now is invaluable. I feel lucky and inspired by my father.

This makes me even more determined to build ZCE, Zinnia horticulture and the nursery. To be able to share the passion with the team and with gardeners everywhere. I hope we can inspire others one day.

I only wish I had listened more to my mother and let her share her sewing, knitting and cooking skills with me. As a child it seemed old fashioned and as a teenager my confused feminist ideals made me undervalue these things. Now when I have so title time to spend with my parents and to learn new things, I regret this.

Saturday 3 March 2012

A big thank you

We need to say a big thank you to Michelle from UK Daylilies.

Michelle has generously allowed us to use images of Daylilies for our marketing and websites.  Without this we would have found it difficult to develop our plant retail website.  We need to really build our plant selling business in 2012 and now we feel very positive about what we can achieve.



Please have a look at her website http://www.ukdaylilies.co.uk/  where she is selling many rare Daylilies we do not have available.

Welcome to our newest Team Member

To start 2012 positively we have taken on a new employee in the role of Project Worker.  It is an interesting role with responsibilities ranging from making tea to researching new business ideas.  So we needed someone who was willing to get stuck in to any job and develop their own skills along side the developing business.

We are happy to introduce Joe and to be able to employ a young person (Mr Cameron will be pleased) whom we hope to support to learn new skills, gain new qualifications and move forward with his own career.

Joe is particularly interested in drama and performance and we look forward to having his enthusiasm and bubbly personality as part of the team.