{"id":61304,"date":"2017-07-20T17:00:17","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T10:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-hear-it-for-the-garden-volunteers\/"},"modified":"2017-07-20T17:09:10","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T10:09:10","slug":"lets-hear-it-for-the-garden-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-hear-it-for-the-garden-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"Let's hear it for the garden volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAn army of volunteers keep the horticulture industry afloat. Let\u2019s recognise their contribution, argues Robbie Blackhall-MilesI am a volunteer. For the past three and a half years I have had the pleasure and privilege to write this blog and it has given me so many wonderful things. I have had the opportunity to be a voice for all kinds of horticultural issues, I have asked questions that where difficult to answer and I have had the tremendous opportunity to put my thoughts and feelings about the garden industry and plant conservation into the public realm. I have done it voluntarily; from the very outset, that was my decision. I had been desperate to reach a much larger audience with my horticultural musings and Jane Perrone, my editor, said OK. People\u2019s reactions to finding out that I volunteer have been varied from \u201cWhat? I can\u2019t believe they aren\u2019t paying you!\u201d to \u201cWow, what a commitment\u201d. The reality is though that I am not alone. I am one of very, very many within horticulture that give up their time, energy and, sometimes, money for the love of what we do. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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