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ED’S COMMENT

IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE

he SALI Awards of Excellence are success. Landscapers should not be
almost upon us, and I found this discouraged, because every year is
Tquote by Aristotle which relates and another opportunity to re-enter, and
has relevance to them: “We are what we strive for that gold award.
repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, The awards will be featured in our June
but a habit”. The meaning is clear: achieving issue but in this one, take a look at the
excellence is not an overnight thing, but article entitled “Interior Plantscaping with
takes years of practice and discipline. In the African Flair”, which was entered into this
same way, landscapers who have entered year’s awards by Life Indoors, a division of
their projects into the annual awards, but Life Green Group. It was good to see an
do not get the result they were hoping for, interior plantscaping project featuring
should not give up, but repeatedly enter amongst the entries after such a long
their work, year after year. absence. This sector of the green industry projects and remember to always pursue
‘Practice makes perfect’ is another seems to have fallen off the radar for a excellence!
adage that comes to mind because by while, but hopefully will start making a
practicing, one gets better at doing comeback. Karyn Richards
something, increasing the chances of Best of luck to all who entered their Editor n

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