MetGrow Garden will be dedicated to a dear friend.

On Monday 25th May 2009, a dear friend of mine, David Douthwaite, tragically passed away. Not only was he a wonderful and talented person whom I looked up to enormously in the agency, but he was also the one person who organised for me to obtain permission to put my Metgrow greenhouse on the roof terrace of JWT. He always believed in me and my work. Any time I had doubts about my project or concerns about people's responses in the building, which was frequently in the beginning, (see 'The only thing growing, is doubt.' post,) he was always there to reassure me and boost my confidence again, telling me not give up on my ideas, and to just give it time. He was the man who motivated and encouraged me on through this whole experience and was the driving force behind it's success.

I have therefore decided to dedicate the wildflower garden to him. My sense of loss will never go away but I will always be able to look back with happy memories of a dear friend who wanted me to succeed and always went out of his way to help me. I count myself truly fortunate to have known such a man who gave his time freely without any wish for personal gain. He was so very special.
The flowers which have grown from my seed infused newspapers are a testament to his never failing optimism and belief that my project would succeed.
He was right, and I couldn't have done it without him.

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
William Blake

David you will be so missed.