Not a bad effect. A quiet statement to pass through on the way to something else. We began to incorporate a centrepiece in the urn in the form of a large white Agapanthus which lent height to the whole ensemble.
The thing was, the combination was popular with both visitors and resident freeloaders, so who was I to argue?
The other bedding scheme was a different story, however. After suffering the slings and arrows of outrageous public opprobrium, I gave up for a while trying to be clever with colour schemes, and reverted to the dull repetition of history. And looking back on the photographs, I am depressed at how long I let this go on for. Of course there was a certain smug acceptance of this on the part of my colleagues who saw tradition as inviolable, and perhaps I was going for the quiet life. Doesn't sound like me, but it was a tough enough job at the best of times without winding up my colleagues. Which I already did by just being there sometimes. So, Dahlia 'Park Princess' it was. And I am disappointed to say that it looks like that lasted for nine years. Sometimes it looked plain dull -
While at other times, by good regular maintenance we managed to make it set off the surrounding borders -
We were even able to make the cursed plants look quite vibrant, but it was more work than they deserved, in my opinion -
Tomorrow - history lies in the past, which is where it should be sought. Let's look to the present. The present I will be showing you is now also the past. So many years gone by. If we want to see the actual present, 2006 onwards, we will have to appeal to the present team to send me some pics. Some hopes! But you never know. I'd love to see what's happening these days.
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