Bepps's Profile

I'm a Gen Y'er, and have become an avid (but still relatively inexperienced) gardener in the past 3 years. I grew up with gardening, and my parents and grandmother taught me a lot.

Many of my peers are very interested and avid gardeners, but I wouldn't say that they are interested in "the market". Yes, we buy some of our plants from garden centres and the like, and yes, we try to afford the best we can. But A) we can't afford that much, and B) Frankly, most of the young gardeners I know aren't interested in buying what the market is selling.

We exchange seeds and plants and worms, compost our own organics where we can, or share the kind of spaces where we can do that. That's if we have the time.

I think that the "industry" might not see us, because where we exist, we're doing it off on our own I think. You want to see me garden? Come into my house to see my 300 + seedlings. I'll share some! But frankly, I'm probably not going to buy something where I can save the money and spend the extra time, or exchange something with a friend.