I spent yesterday working at Tagawa's. Deadheading and cleaning up the plants. Watering the flowering bulbs and bonsai. What a meditative great feeling. The part I dread is when a customer asks me a question about a plant or other such thing and I feel completely at a loss. I respond from my vague memory and hope I am answering correctly. After they leave I go back and check my answers, which, thankfully, were for the most part, correct. Only a few blunders. BUT, I want to have it come from confidence and surity!!! I want to feel strong in the answers so that I know that I am helping. Only then will I feel 100% great about my nursery job. So I will spend time studying the books on plants and getting to know them. Researching and memorizing the information. Listening and learning.
I remember Dee saying that it will take a couple of years before it comes naturally. I need to give it some time, but also make the time to study and learn as much as I can about plants. Cause I love my job and enjoy working there I want to do my job the best I can and at the level of quality of the others that work there. In just one year I learned a lot about plants, but want to do a better job at helping customers with their questions and concerns.
The scents and the visual appeal of the greenhouse was so refreshingly wonderful. Love it.
Last year I thought about wanting to incorporate houseplants in my house, this year I want to make it happen. Thinking of how to do this as my house is not very accommodating for plants. What I am thinking of doing is setting up a "plant wall".. with shelves and lighting so that I can grow plants in my house. Orchids would be nice.. standing alone and majestic. Then cluster some on a shelf with grow lights. Hanging plants in several areas. Lots of things to plan and do.
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