00Seven
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I don't think that Dan is clueless, but I do wonder if he's the right man for the job in its current iteration. The garden has changed a lot since he was first hired, and the original version of his job was essentially to assist IJ with a vegetable garden. Now he's in charge of the courtyard, walled garden/orchard, all of the lawns, maintaining the forest, as well as future plans for a jardin a l'anglaise, parterres on the back lawn, and a formal french garden, and not to mention all of the handyman/building work. He has nothing to do with the design, the ordering, or the timing, and yet he's being expected to execute their vision flawlessly.For a garden designer he's very confusedIt doesn't help that Dan the Gardener is as clueless. I like Dan but don't understand why he was hired.
To me it's just a completely different job, and I think Dan could possibly do it but I think he would need a lot more support from Davy and SJ. I know nothing about planting trees, but if they needed to go in the ground 6 weeks ago then Davy should have ordered them 6 weeks ago. I know nothing about the mesh, so I won't touch on that (although I agree that it seems like it should have come off - but maybe he knew it was all gonna die and didn't want to waste time lol).
I can't help but compare Dan to my own gardeners, who do a marvellous job with my postage stamp sized front and back yards, but would probably be way out of their depth if tasked with executing a vision like what SJ and Davy want to do at Lalande.
I also really question the logic behind some of Davy's plans. I vaguely remember trees going in the courtyard, which I dislike from a design perspective but also question how they'll do in that ground. We've seen the state of the soil there, and we also know its full of pipes - is that really the best place to plant four trees?
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