{"id":7412,"date":"2016-03-10T10:13:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T03:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardeners-ditch-the-camellias-embrace-the-natives-theyre-beautiful-and-theyre-ours\/"},"modified":"2016-03-10T10:25:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-10T03:25:19","slug":"gardeners-ditch-the-camellias-embrace-the-natives-theyre-beautiful-and-theyre-ours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardeners-ditch-the-camellias-embrace-the-natives-theyre-beautiful-and-theyre-ours\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardeners: ditch the camellias, embrace the natives. They're beautiful, and they're ours"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIt\u2019s puzzling why we Australians are not more passionate, proud, curious, even evangelical about our native plants, all 24,000 species of themThis is a story about Australian native plants, but I will not preach. I promise not to take on an air of moral superiority like a vegetarian who looks askance at your meat-eating ways. Let\u2019s just say it is puzzling why we Australians are not more passionate, proud, curious, even evangelical about our native plants, all 24,000 species of them, most found no-where else on earth.We are gardeners \u2013 well, a lot of us are. We understand the hope over experience necessary to plant something in the earth and to tend it, to will it to live and flourish. In our meditative moments, we wonder if are a little closer to nature, to the rhythm of life, as we follow the seasons, the sun, the preciousness of rain, of birth, life and death. In a rushed and anxious world, gardening relaxes and nourishes us. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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