What do gardeners do when there is no gardening to do?

My garden is in a terrace facing the Atlantic, in fiberglass and plastic pots. I concur with you in this: a garden should be a reflection of someone's taste, personality in general. 90% of plants,bushes,trees and climbers in the collection have been acquired from trips, friends and relatives.
Some like: Adelfas,Guaiacum,Calliandras,Turnera Ulmiforme, are if not rare, not over used, another criteria that is important from my perspective.

I am not prone to buy in nurseries because the quality is not the best or really original. One thing that bothers me is that commercial plant propagators decide what to push in the market according to growth and disease issues every season, that may not be pertinent for the home gardener.

In the isle where I reside there is nothing like Monrovia or other high quality nurseries, with multiple options available in USA. To avoid boredom,
I often research what is happening in other parts.
Magazines and newspapers help to discover things.
Two examples: Vertical Gardening, Patrick Blanc, designer, and Cesar Manrique Cabrera, designer, are sites I visit often to learn what moves others to be creative, unusual with plant installations in any imaginable context.

Hi gardeninVanGogh
Balvaine not available here - so I stick to Johnnie Walker (the Green label and for very special occasions the Blue label) and Glenfiddich.

There is hardly time to get bored when one is not able to garden.

I stopped working formally (This was after several different types of work environments) and thought that I would be bored out of my skull, but then I decided to start surfing, making my own website, etc. And now it seems as if there is not enough hours in a day.

I wish I could purchase a few extra hours per day.
I also find that I do all the things that I otherwise would not even have dreamt about doing.
I started tobogganning (there is a park not too far away from us - the first one in South Africa - Yippee) I probably would not even have bothered to visit the park, but after it was advertised and after Stewing I decided to give it a go. (Major fun - will do it again this coming weekend). I entered a thriathlon (imagine - at my age) after I only started running in my forties.
Goodness, I dream of a vegetable garden, I want a white garden, oh man the list is endless.
I guess what I am trying to say is that I have all these plans when I am not in the garden itself.

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