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Nurturing nature

By Geoff Trickey (February 2008 Issue)
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For the past three years I have been trying to grow a lawn under a massive, 80-foot-high Wellingtonia Pine, which completely dominates my garden. With three young children, we need something more useable than the existing area of dirt and tree debris. I have tried everything and put in endless hours of tender loving care, but I still face a barren expanse of brown mud each spring.

The tree surgeon that called about my problem tree advised that, without a major genetic engineering breakthrough, I was flogging a dead horse. Apparently, however much I fertilise, dress, weed or aerate the soil, all my efforts to make the grass grow will be to no avail. It seems that Astro Turf may be the only answer!

I tell this story, firstly, because my failure was certainly not due to any lack of motivation or effort; I was determined to succeed, but my goals and my strategy were seriously flawed. Secondly, my garden saga draws parallels with the development of people in the workplace and the situation faced at all levels by employers, trainers and potential trainees. The question is: to what

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