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Cyclamen

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Are you one of those lucky people who’ve been given a cyclamen for Christmas?  Or maybe that should be unlucky people because many of us find they can be difficult to keep alive  for longer than one … Continue reading

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2025 on the blog…and the annual quiz

2025 has been a very mixed year for the blog. As most of you will know, I changed the name at the very beginning of the year to help the Gardens Trust with the lengthy process of auditing of its … Continue reading

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Have a Very Veggie Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS! “The approach of Christmas time is already heralded by profuse displays, in every variety of design and colouring, of those cheerful cards which it has become so fashionable now-a-days to exchange between families and friends at the close … Continue reading

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The Forgotten Vicar and his Rose …and Japanese Knotweed

Gardeners who are famous to one generation often don’t stay in the public memory of the next.  So while we still treasure Ellen Willmott, Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson, one of their highly regarded contemporaries  has vanished from the face … Continue reading

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Help! Planning Reforms and the Gardens Trust

A more serious post than usual. If you’re in the UK you’ll know that the government is looking to speed up the planning system which it says is one of the major obstacles to growth. As part of that it … Continue reading

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