{"id":111195,"date":"2019-09-29T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-09-29T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/make-time-to-enjoy-autumn-in-a-garden-james-wong\/"},"modified":"2019-09-29T17:11:40","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T10:11:40","slug":"make-time-to-enjoy-autumn-in-a-garden-james-wong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/make-time-to-enjoy-autumn-in-a-garden-james-wong\/","title":{"rendered":"Make time to enjoy autumn in a garden | James Wong"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nTalking about a \u2018to do\u2019 list is an easy way to kill a gardener\u2019s creativity, but it\u2019s easy to regain inspiration \u2013 just get outdoorsEarly autumn is a time for netting ponds, raking leaves and cleaning out sheds \u2013 or so much of the narrative of horticultural media goes. Yet as a botanist with a special interest in how people communicate and learn about plants, I find the way we often talk about gardening as an art form fascinatingly weird. I mean, to the uninitiated it must sound an awful lot like outdoor tidying up. A sort of never-ending series of messy chores, often in less than ideal weather, and as much as it pains me to say it, I can see why so many people would rather do anything else with their time.Can you imagine if, for example, the people of food media talked about their passion in a similar way? \u201cRight now is the perfect time to defrost your freezer, reorganise your spice rack and tidy your tin cupboard.\u201d There\u2019d be very little talk about food as a creative art form, an outlet for self-expression, a catalyst for social interaction or an essential part of wellbeing \u2013 just lots of advice on the exact angle at which to sift flour and how to load the dishwasher. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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