Garden Lovers

Who would have thought. The dutch turn out to be garden lovers. The professional organization announced last week, that the number of companies earning a living in the gardening business, has been rising almost 80%. It turned out to be news. Nobody seems to be really sure what has caused this. Financially, things are not at all well for the dutch (that is at least what we read in the papers). So how is it possible that we are able to spend more money on gardening and spend less on other things we probably need more? Questions eh? An expert tried to explain it, as the result from the desire to get nature in your own backyard. Also, home - and garden improvement shows on dutch TV, are drawing lots of viewers. These factors seem to have contributed to the current success of the gardening business. But that doesn't make it less puzzling. On the one hand dutch people are demanding more highways from their government. Nature suffers for that. And then people start spending money to see some leaves from their own back window. Everyone his or her own patch of green. That's what we're going for. It may not be logical, but it certainly is dutch.