A new addition to the landscape, gardening coaches — or gardening mentors as they are sometimes called — are the personal trainers of the prune-and-plant set. Their target audience — do-it-yourselfers in search of enlightenment — occupies a middle ground between the people who simply sit back and watch, while others do the planting and mulching, and amateur plant killers whose gardening strategy can best be summed up as trowel and error.
My friend--and fine gardener--Tom Wilhite offers just such a service in Sausalito, CA. I would say he sees himself as a guide, helping his clients to learn by doing. In this photo, he's teaching Julian something about the joys of succulents. Or perhaps advising on mulch.
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