Stunning Dahlias

We had loads of new Dahlias in at work this week and there so bright and colourful, als a few pics of some of our plant stock, so much colour https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f403815699.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...7808e63a44.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...263eedab4b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...afac8f83d3.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...eeef60abf4.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f84ea17b45.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...662a352b38.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...db571981fc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...90dfae83aa.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...431850fdbc.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...cf8bff272d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...61348cf4be.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...13bde5fc1d.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...b235ddf228.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...f258633ba2.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...e8dc7cc41c.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...a0797f841a.jpg

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So beautiful! Thanks for sharing, Richard.

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Originally Posted by Craiga 01453

So beautiful! Thanks for sharing, Richard.

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Thanks craig, yes there's some fantastic colours in Dahlias nowadays

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Thanks craig, yes there's some fantastic colours in Dahlias nowadays

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Guessing you work in horticulture??


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Guessing you work in horticulture??


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I sure do Zincubus

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I sure do Zincubus

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I did a 12 month stint doing landscape gardening about 25 years ago .. as usual I put my heart and soul into that new venture ( after 20 years in finance ) and amazed friends and family by learning the fancy Latin names as well as the more commonly used plant names .. sadly I never retained the info afterwards


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I did a 12 month stint doing landscape gardening about 25 years ago .. as usual I put my heart and soul into that new venture ( after 20 years in finance ) and amazed friends and family by learning the fancy Latin names as well as the more commonly used plant names .. sadly I never retained the info afterwards


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I've done it for over 30yrs now ,theres alot worse jobs out there that's for sure

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I've done it for over 30yrs now ,theres alot worse jobs out there that's for sure

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Well I’ve always liked gardening so when I got the chance to do something different had something I liked it seemed like a good idea but sadly whilst I loved the gardening .. the landscaping was heavier work and left me we sciatica .. hence the last 25 years working with autistic teenagers ..


These are a couple of borders I’ve done in our back garden .. I love Pieris :)

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That looks really nice, I love pieris too, great value for money,
Landscaping is seriously hard work that's for sure, did it for 5 yrs thru college

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That looks really nice, I love pieris too, great value for money,
Landscaping is seriously hard work that's for sure, did it for 5 yrs thru college

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The main ‘structure’ of the borders is basically a load of various evergreen shrubs with Pieris intermingled for their ‘occasional’ colouration :)

As regards the landscaping.. it was only two days out of six but as I was the ‘new’ guy .. I was on the lugging and mixing cement duties .. I’ll never forget trying to lift those 8 stone bags of cement off the floor after a day of hard labour .


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Many years ago when I was in college I worked one summer in a commercial greenhouse- it was fun & eye-opening (beautiful plants) but nothing at all like the
artistry that Richard gets to do. I have a florist-friend who worked landscaping for years, but it sure did take a toll on her body...there's a down-side to this sort
of work, & for sure you don't want to be on the "bottom rung" for long, but there is something so life-affirming to work with beautiful living things, be they plants
or animals, & to create beauty in the arrangements.

Well on Saturday after a hard week ... they had us moving about a hundred railway sleepers from the truck at the front to the back garden .. the trek was uphill .. cold , wet and windy and the flamin sleepers were soaked in oil ..


Apologies for taking thread ‘of track ‘
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Many years ago when I was in college I worked one summer in a commercial greenhouse- it was fun & eye-opening (beautiful plants) but nothing at all like the
artistry that Richard gets to do. I have a florist-friend who worked landscaping for years, but it sure did take a toll on her body...there's a down-side to this sort
of work, & for sure you don't want to be on the "bottom rung" for long, but there is something so life-affirming to work with beautiful living things, be they plants
or animals, & to create beauty in the arrangements.

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Landscaping is a killer that's for sure, that's why after I did my 4 years at college I started working my way up the garden centre route, doing the buying and floral displays, it's a lot of fun, even countless trips to Holland every two weeks to buy houseplants and Italy in the spring for 3 days a time, buying specamin plants, such fun and the food and drink all paid for, such fun times
Garden centres have come on a lot in the uk and are big business we're a medium centre at nearly £ 7 million a year , but a fair few of our larger centres take well over £10mill, we're pretty much a destination centres with fantastic restaurants, plants, garden furniture and of course Christmas is a massive thing for us.
There's a lot worse jobs out there that's for sure, we've been planning Christmas for the past few weeks, and already making props for this year's themes, we normally start mid September as it takes a fair while to set up

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Well on Saturday after a hard week ... they had us moving about a hundred railway sleepers from the truck at the front to the back garden .. the trek was uphill .. cold , wet and windy and the flamin sleepers were soaked in oil ..


Apologies for taking thread ‘of track ‘
;)


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Them sleepers are a ridiculous weight I've moved many over the years and trying to get that tar an years of railway diesal of your your hands is tough enough in it self

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I had to look up "railway sleeper"....over here we call 'em railroad ties, or crossties. Many used in gardening but what a horrible job to haul them around! :O

Those are amazing, I wish I did not have a black thumb :rolleyes:

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Well on Saturday after a hard week ... they had us moving about a hundred railway sleepers from the truck at the front to the back garden .. the trek was uphill .. cold , wet and windy and the flamin sleepers were soaked in oil ..


Apologies for taking thread ‘of track ‘
;)


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