The Solo Gardener Podcast
Every Monday 9am (GMT) London.
A behind the scenes of running a solo gardening business.
The in's the out's, the iddy biddy details, the funny stories and the crazy stories. and plenty of Interviews with my fellow gardeners.
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I am a Solo Gardener..... and if you feel alone out there... I do to sometimes... well let this be your community... i like to help people where i can and i believe the best gardener is a humble gardener forever learning... helping each other bringing each other up.
We can all share our stories our knowledge together and a have laugh along the way.
I love this job.. i care about peoples gardens... i care about my customers. And my goal is to make them smile at the end of a hard days work. When i put my spade back in my van and turn around for a hand shake well done.... it's what drives me.
If you've got any crazy stories or great knowledge you would like to share on this podcast... i'd love to hear from you.. wherever you are.
Or if you're starting out and you've got questions chuck em my way.
Take care peeps
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The Solo Gardener Podcast
#03 Do You Feel Like an Imposter Because of Your Lack of Plant Knowledge - I Did Too
I didn't choose this Gardening path I was born into it...
My Dad was a gardener but my brother and I had other plans & big dreams... he wanted to be an actor and I wanted to follow my creative art stuff.....
But in the meantime we were just kids, 14 years old, 1994 and.... my old man put us to work..
Unknown to me at the time, this was the start of my 30 years in the gardening business...
Fast forward 11 years, 1 son, a failed relationship, a failed career in Graphic Design and my tail firmly between my legs .........
I came back to my roots and I started full time gardening, with my Dad again (2005)
It wasnt long before I was going at it alone.... but, I had one big problem.. I found myself quoting a big tidy up job and it dawned on me, this lady knows all the names of the plants in her garden... and I could barely name one..
I FELT LIKE AN IMPOSTER, A FRAUD...
All those years and I had never bothered to learn any plant names.. but i'd grown up working in peoples gardens I knew everything that needed to be done here and how to do it efficiantly and really fricking well..... how do I navigate this....................?
RHS LEVEL PEEPS MIGHT WANNA COVER YOUR EARS!!!!
W I L L T H E R E A L H O N E S T
G A R D E N E R S P L E A S E S T A N D U P !
"Ah, wait, no way, you’re kidding
He didn’t just say what I think he did, did he?"
Listen in to hear my struggles with this and how i've overcome it.
Have a great week peeps.. spring is on its way.
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Pete
The Merry Gardener