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  Posted by auricula (U3244275) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Hi
  Did you notice on Friday's edition of GW that they're at it again ??!! - this time it was Joe, in his "small family garden".
  He wanted something other than a grass lawn, so spent approx £100 on a TINY camomile lawn !!
  What young family can afford such luxury ?
  He didn't mention that you can't walk on it frequently,nor that it's not necessarily hardy -I have a camomile patch and it hasn't fully survived the Winter even though I'm in a warm part of the country, and it has been relatively dry!!
  If he is designing a plot for an average young family, then he should stick to an average young family's budget.
  I'm fed up with enormous amounts of money being thrown at projects in lieu of good gardening practise.
  Anyone agree ??
  

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  Posted by 4pygmies (U3373962) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Well,I did think it wasn't very practical. He'd have done better to have put in a sand pit! I read on another thread that he should have sown the chamomile from seed. Didn't think you could do that with the non flowering variety. I suppose he's designing for some "ideal" family who's kids don't play footie, tramp on flower beds and generally wreck the gardeners plans. Or was that just my beloved children?
  I always find chamomile grows better in some sort of container anyway, less feet!. He could have made a chamomile seat for the fraught gardener to rest on. Still, I'm not critiscising. I'm sure he means well. I'm not convinced there is such a thing as a "family garden" really! Better to divide the garden into play areas and plant area with a sturdy fence and never the twain shall meet. Or wait till they leave home....

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  Posted by anneliesje (U3003883) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Hi Auricole!
  
  I am curious to see how it will grow! I was astonished first as well, but then I thought that in many gardening magazines it has been advised to grow thyme next to the garden path to have the beautiful scents when you pass.
  So I am curious to see how this will work out.
  On the other hand, if it dies after 1 season, it is a pure waiste of money.
  
  Take care
  Anneliese

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  Posted by hi-fi- (U2535708) on Sunday, 16th April 2006

  Hi, isn't it funny - the first thing I noticed is that half the garden is paved, so not much room for plants anyway! and plenty of hard stuff for the kids to fall on! Still, we will see what happens, as you say. The lawn idea is an interesting design feature and I am interested to see the picture develop as it grows. Not sure about raising it, as the paving was sloped towards the planting area to help it stay watered (a good idea I thought). hifi

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  Posted by Berghill (U2333373) on Monday, 17th April 2006

  I did not watch the program (We were out!), but one thing I can tell you about a camomile lawn is that for the first year or so, you have to spend hours upon hours on your hands and knees hand weeding out every single thing which grows, otherwise what you have is a daisy/ dandelion/ chickweed/ etc patch not a chamomile lawn at all.
  Been there. done that, ripped it out.

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  Posted by 1stClassAlan (U2459016) on Monday, 17th April 2006

  I did not watch the program (We were out!), but one thing I can tell you about a camomile lawn is that for the first year or so, you have to spend hours upon hours on your hands and knees hand weeding out every single thing which grows, otherwise what you have is a daisy/ dandelion/ chickweed/ etc patch not a chamomile lawn at all.
  Been there. done that, ripped it out.Ìý
  
  
  Every time I see "Chamomile Lawn" I keep thinking I entered some twilight zone created by Danielle Steel or Catherine Cookson!
  
  Who knows why we call a lawn a lawn?

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  Posted by PolyAnthus2 (U2333071) on Monday, 17th April 2006

  
  
  Every time I see "Chamomile Lawn" I keep thinking I entered some twilight zone created by Danielle Steel or Catherine Cookson!
  
  Who knows why we call a lawn a lawn?Ìý
  
  Hi Alan
  Perhaps you're thinking of the novel written by Mary Wesley "The Camomile Lawn". It was made into a television series way back in 1992. Quite raunchy in parts, but made very good viewing. Can't quite see Joe's lawn being as interesting!!!
  

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  Posted by 1stClassAlan (U2459016) on Monday, 17th April 2006

  
  
  Every time I see "Chamomile Lawn" I keep thinking I entered some twilight zone created by Danielle Steel or Catherine Cookson!
  
  Who knows why we call a lawn a lawn?Ìý
  
  Hi Alan
  Perhaps you're thinking of the novel written by Mary Wesley "The Camomile Lawn". It was made into a television series way back in 1992. Quite raunchy in parts, but made very good viewing. Can't quite see Joe's lawn being as interesting!!!
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  I'll tell you what though Poly - with all the steam that's generated here about Old Monty and Our Rachel, not to mention sexy Chris and his helicopter - that Chamomile would be rolled into oblivion in no time!
  
  
  
  

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