So you thought gardening was the ultimate free-and-easy activity, did you? One where there’s no right and wrong when it comes to taste; just what cheers you up? Where you can put a garden gnome in the herbaceous border without worrying if the neighbours will sneer?
Well, you’re wrong, obviously. Every garden institution in the country, from Gardener’s Question Time on Radio 4 to the Royal Horticultural Society, is desperately trying to broaden the gardening community to be more diverse, younger, environmentally friendly etc, but make no mistake: gardens are socially divisive — especially now we’re told there are no rules.
