08/06/2024
Happy to say that I have achieved my first RHS qualification. I paid and signed onto this course during an isolation period in covid. A rather impulsive decision which lead to many months of Latin plant names, design principles, theory of protected structures, triangulation methods and root stocks (which I still don’t entirely understand - but does anyone?)
Each exam would follow with more and more imposter syndrome and the uncertainty that I would not pass - yet I somehow managed to achieve a commendation in every unit.
I’m lucky to have an incredibly clever and helpful Dad - who would mark past papers daily for me (very harshly) and encourage me to keep going - despite not knowing much at all about gardening, although he probably does now! My lovely mum would also sit and reel off common plant names from 20 page lists to test my Latin - and be delighted just because she could help.
I don’t often feel a sense of pride or accomplishment as I am very self critical - but getting through and finishing this really makes me feel lucky for the support of my family, friends, and customers who allow me to continue to build upon my skills.
Onwards and upwards - and maybe one day in the future, into the world of garden design 🫡
