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More Nursery Tales
Topping and tailing our walking holiday in Devon with visits to National Collections meant a slight detour via Somerset on the way home to visit Jane Passiflora. No-one in the office knows why she has been thus named, we aren’t … Continue reading
Plant Heritage at BBC Gardeners World Live Show 2012
Our West Midlands group in conjunction with some National Plant Collection holders produced the Plant Heritage display at the BBC Gardeners World Live Show 2012, held at the NEC Birmingham. A dedicated band of volunteers led by Madeleine Jones helped … Continue reading
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Tagged collection holder
Snowdrops in the snow
A very pleasant visit to Margaret MacLennan in Essex, to see her Galanthus Collection. The weather was not the most hospitable, but luckily Margaret and her husband were, so it was immense fun. Margaret in her greenhouse, showing us her ‘workstation’ … Continue reading
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Tagged collection holder, essex, galanthus, National Plant Collection, snow
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Acronyms are not us
I planned to use the title ‘Acronyms are us’ for this blog, but on checking, realised that strictly speaking an acronym is an abbreviation of several words in such a way that the abbreviation itself forms a pronounceable word. So … Continue reading
More from Tatton Park
Matthew Biggs has just been on Gardeners’ Question Time talking about the Floral Marquee and the joy of buying plants at big events like Tatton, but also at Plant Heritage plant sales. You can catch the repeat of this programme on … Continue reading
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Tagged collection holder, Dibleys, Gardeners' Question Time, Gladiolus, Heuchera, Hosta, Matthew Biggs, Medwyns of Anglesey, Mickfield Hostas, National Collection, National Plant Collection, Passiflora, Passion Flower, Pheasant Acre Pla, Plantagogo, RHS, streptocarpus, Tatton Park, Tynings Climbers
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