{"id":139390,"date":"2023-10-01T12:02:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T05:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/flowers-and-an-inspirational-father\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T13:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T06:25:42","slug":"flowers-and-an-inspirational-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/flowers-and-an-inspirational-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Flowers and an inspirational father"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe seed of my love of flowers and gardening was laid down by my dad\u2019s love of the landOctober 1, my garden guru\u2019s birthday. Dudley Drabble was my foster father. Took me and my brother in when I was five and Chris was six. Gave us a home. Dad was insatiable for land. He turned a field into an orchard. He loved a long lawn.I have written before about how he and Lilian, my mum, gave Christopher and I each a patch and a packet of seed. Nasturtiums for me. Marigolds for Chris. I didn\u2019t realise until after he died that they\u2019re the seed I\u2019ll always sow. Though gardening never took root with Christopher. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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