Coincidence in title, saw the film again last night. And I can take parallels of how the main character took solice from gardening. There's nothing more relaxing, I find, than pottering about in the garden and watching things grow 
So, onto today and a real gardening find Dawn had been saying for a while now about going to a garden centre out towards Watton At Stone. We'd tried finding it a few weeks ago after taking a trip out to Dobbs Weir in Hoddesden. And, having missed out on this years Garden House Hospice bedding plant orders, I was eager to get a few plants to make up.
Watton Nursery, off Ware Road is the place. Not your typical centre, in so far that it's just plants and more plants. Oh, and cash sales or cheques. And it really does give you the impression that once it's gone, it's gone. But the quality of the plants, and prices (trays of 12 good sized bedding plants for £3), were fantastic. I came away having spent £20 or so, well below what I'd normally spend with the Hospice. Ok, I've not got everything I'd normally get, but as you'd see in the archives, I do tend to go overboard a little 
The best find was the strawberries, in so far that they're fruiting and flowering already. Unlike the ones I've had in the past that just seem to grow and grow and grow. Strawb's and cream this summer in my spacious patio, yum 
Now all we need is the start of the drought proper, so I can get out and plant up these things
