“Some like to learn from books; others

from trial and error. Well, I seem to be in the latter group. No matter how much I read up on gardening, nothing really sinks in completely until I’ve actually done the job. And my most useful lessons have come from mistakes. Realising where I’ve gone wrong has given me a much better understanding of how to get it right. Of course, I’m not trying to encourage people to make mistakes – far from it! I am simply saying that we should not be afraid of our mistakes or of owning up to them, for they often contain valuable lessons

that are never forgotten.” Garry Coward-Williams, Editor