Who has it? I do! I DO !!!!!

;o)

La Puce wrote:
> Who has it? I do! I DO !!!!!
>
> ;o)

what is it ?

"La Puce" <helene [at] rudlin.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1150902928.628026.113430 [at] p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Who has it? I do! I DO !!!!!
>
> ;o)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't worry yourself. It's easily cured after a chat with an
experienced gardener. Good luck. Brian.
>

Gardening_Convert wrote:
> what is it ?

What what?! It's the Royal Horticultural Society Certificate in
Horticulture Level 2 !! That's what. And I, petit moi, after two years
of hard studying got it :o))

Also they'd like me to do the advance certificate level 3 now, I think
I'll just have another glass of wine because it took me a while just to
write this. Lets put it this way, if I was writing with a pen on paper,
there would be crosses and tipex and whatnot all over the page :o)))

Brian wrote:
> "La Puce" <helene [at] rudlin.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1150902928.628026.113430 [at] p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> > Who has it? I do! I DO !!!!!
> >
> > ;o)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Don't worry yourself. It's easily cured after a chat with an
> experienced gardener. Good luck. Brian.

The story of my life indeed. The first experienced gardener I have met,
I lived with for 12 years and ended caring for him. It was my grand
father and I've never found more experienced than him since. But thank
you Brian :o)

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La Puce wrote:
> Who has it? I do! I DO !!!!!
>
> ;o)
>
Warmest congratulations, La Puce.I hope it will enhance your
enjoyment of gardening.
Have you thought of moving on to HDRA and/or the Soil Association ?
Not only do they have an ethical approach but the resulting quality of
produce
is the very best.
Whatever, may you have many years of happy gardening.

sam wrote:
> La Puce wrote:
> > Who has it? I do! I DO !!!!!
> >
> > ;o)
> >
> Warmest congratulations, La Puce.I hope it will enhance your
> enjoyment of gardening.
> Have you thought of moving on to HDRA and/or the Soil Association ?
> Not only do they have an ethical approach but the resulting quality of
> produce
> is the very best.
> Whatever, may you have many years of happy gardening.

Thank you so much Sam. It's such a nice feeling to get something like
this ... after so many years! I have been working with HDRA, a chap
came along onto a project we have in Oxfordshire. The Soil
Association's advice have been very welcomed on another project where
the landscape designers we used wanted 3 million pounds spent on top
soil ... A very crazy idea indeed. I'm doing a Permaculture course at
the moment, with a lovely bunch of people on a 30 acres urban site.
It's huge but fun. Very soon and hopefully I'd like to take a design
course and open our own landscaping section in the organisation I am
currently working with. Ta again very much :o)

La Puce wrote:
> Gardening_Convert wrote:
> > what is it ?
>
> What what?! It's the Royal Horticultural Society Certificate in
> Horticulture Level 2 !! That's what. And I, petit moi, after two years
> of hard studying got it :o))
>
> Also they'd like me to do the advance certificate level 3 now, I think
> I'll just have another glass of wine because it took me a while just to
> write this. Lets put it this way, if I was writing with a pen on paper,
> there would be crosses and tipex and whatnot all over the page :o)))

Well congratulations to you . You must feel very elated and relieved .

Was this a part time course you finance yourself ?

It's something I would like to do but just can't afford to. I was
reading an article in the RHS magazine about schemes to try and get
people to change professions and train in horticulture because there is
a shortage of trained horticulturalist but they also admitted it's
something that people find difficult to do because of the lack of money
around until you are in fairly high up position or a TV gardener !!

I have it too now! Cheers! (Pop, fizz, glug!)

Bob


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undergroundbob

On 21 Jun 2006 08:15:28 -0700, "La Puce" <helene [at] rudlin.co.uk> wrote:

>Who has it? I do! I DO !!!!!
>
>;o)
Congratulations!
Liam

undergroundbob wrote:
> I have it too now! Cheers! (Pop, fizz, glug!)

Well done to you too!! :o)

Gardening_Convert wrote:
> Was this a part time course you finance yourself ?

Yep. Evening classes in the evenings for 2 years. Winter was the
'orrible bit travelling late at night yurk :o(

> It's something I would like to do but just can't afford to. I was
> reading an article in the RHS magazine about schemes to try and get
> people to change professions and train in horticulture because there is
> a shortage of trained horticulturalist but they also admitted it's
> something that people find difficult to do because of the lack of money
> around until you are in fairly high up position or a TV gardener !!

Well, I know lots of professional gardeners and yes it doesn't pay huge
sum of money but it's a job and if you do it well you can do some nice
projects, some of which can be rewarding. I'm currently doing a
Permaculture course hence not replying sooner. I'm connecting with my
people and my nature and there I cannot find a socket to plug my
computer ;o)