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Alan Titchmarsh Column
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The Alan Titchmarsh Column
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He’s a brilliant presenter, accomplished gardener, talented novelist and all-round horticultural inspiration. is month, Alan Titchmarsh discusses the changing seasons, and why he ventures out into his garden in any weather.
I’ve been talking to a number of people over these summer months and it’s always a pleasure. Naturally, it feels like the part of the year where we all come out and celebrate what it is to have a space that is all ours – we all share in the successes and, okay, some of the failures too!
Yet what’s interesting is the fact the longer the summer goes on, the more the chat seems to evolve. ere is an unspoken devil in the air, and it goes by the name of winter, where gardeners all across the UK dread not just the hibernation of some of the creatures in their garden, but their own removal or withdrawal from service as the skies grow darker and rain threatens.
Of course, I can see why so many of us sink into this mindset of what is e ectively a subconscious fi lling of time before things start to pick up again in early spring. ough as I have said on many occasions, there are still so many plants that fl ourish across the winter months that we can take real pleasure from, so I would be fi rm in encouraging people to look at winter as a lot more than just a time when we feel like stepping o the gardening carousel.
Certainly, my routine in those quieter months never changes. Whether rain, hail, sleet or snow, I will always po er around the garden. Okay, so in the winter months it’s a lot more di cult to sit still in a garden anyway, but just ge ing out there, soaking up the air and feeling the natural goodness around you, is really inspiring.
I get mucky every day when I’m at home, and if I’ve got a day of work or fi lming that will take me away from the house, I’ll always make sure I step out and spend some peaceful time alone before I leave – it sort of sets me up for the day. however tiny a patch of ground you have, if you look a er it well when you shu e o your mortal coil you’ve paid your rent for your life on Earth.
To leave that space just a li le bit be er than how it was previously is a very special thing, and no wintry rainstorm should stop us from wanting to achieve that!
Ultimately, what it’s all about is being out there, and believing you are making a di erence.
I’ve always thought
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