WE all have heard the old saying, "You can't see the forest for the trees." Well, I think many of us can't see our profession because we are only interested in one facet of this great industry. This notion was brought home to me a few months ago whenI read a garden design magazine. It showed how to create a meditation garden, a pharmaceutical garden, a service garden and a beauty garden, as well as an art garden. There were many different plant species used that I had not seen before. I began to remember what I was taught at the university: There are so many plants on this earth that it would be impossible to learn all the genetics, physiology, pathology and uses of even a small percentage of them.
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