After learning about the National Plant Specification resource at college it had been assigned to the ‘someday when it can be afforded’ box – currently £156+VAT subscription then £99+VAT PA thereafter What is the NPS? “The updated National Plant Specification takes the guesswork out of plant selection and procurement by providing a comprehensive and accurate…
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The first few weeks are under my belt now. It has been daunting and exciting and many other emotions since starting, I am on another steep learning curve which is all to the good (Outliers: The Story of Success here I come!) as far as I can see. One aspect that intrigues me, and I…
Continue ReadingUncovering Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire.
The gardens at Wimpole Hall are of great note and yet it’s pedigree seemingly not well noticed. I have been visiting the estate and gardens for several years now and in several seasons each year, blithely enjoying the walks, the vegetable gardens, the orchards and bees, the herbaceous borders, the book store, the plants store,…
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REFLECTIONS UPON A GARDEN VISIT – written for the SGD student writing competition 2010. The Dorothy Clive Garden, Shropshire Shropshire is glorious country. Far enough off the beaten track to be truly unspoiled but filled with and close to, so many enticing garden greats that an offer of the use of a small, well appointed manor…
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