It seems appropriate for me- having done this sort of work for several years now, and with ambitions to keep expanding what I know and can do- to reference Michael Pollan’s first book Second Nature and fashion this first website post in that literary naturist “throw-back” spirit. In the context of going through great pains to rectify his inability to grow a good carrot, he writes, “Of course a real green thumb would have done everything I did without having to think about it so much. But you have to start somewhere” (Pollan, 1991, p. 120). I feel this encapsulates many gardeners journeys with horticulture, including my own. With more regularity, I feel surefooted in what I am doing, being able to draw on past experiences of having seen, first hand, successes and failures. I hope you, my potential future client, will trust in my claim that I am always expanding on what I know in order to improve that coveted ability to project a teeming, dynamic, delightful garden into the future.
