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Showtime
National Collection Holders and volunteers came together this week with staff from Plant Heritage and the RHS to continue planning the 2013 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show. The RHS are revamping the show creating three zones so that visitors can focus … Continue reading
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Tagged HAmpton Court Palace Flower Show, National collection holder, Waitrose
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A wonderful welcome in Somerset.
Somerset group recently held their annual Collection holders meeting, where Committee members and Collection holders met for lunch to exchange news and updates. The dedication and enthusiasm of everyone was paramount at this warm and friendly event. Some were founder … Continue reading
Posted in National Collections, Uncategorized
Tagged National collection holder, Somerset group
Lighting the fuse
Lionel de Rothschild’s gardeners used dynamite to blow holes in the ground so that they could plant trees in Exbury Garden. I learned this useful tip when visiting the garden, reknowned for its collection of trees, spring blossoms and autumn … Continue reading
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
Nursery Tales
Another walking holiday in Devon, so another opportunity to visit some National Collections en route. Tale Valley Nursery at Clyst Hydon was just off the road on our way down to Dartmouth and Chris and Lorraine Birchall welcomed us to see their collection of Rhodohypoxis … Continue reading
Tricolour
When Pollie Maasz was first attracted to Day lilies she thought that she had all that was available – one red, one orange and one yellow. Twenty plus years on she is a National Plant Collection Holder of more than … Continue reading
Rich pickings
I have been on leave from work for the last week to do some gardening and prepare for a party on the Opening Night of the Olympics. Favoured by the first decent weather of the summer, the weeds were almost … Continue reading
Species to cultivar
One summer, when gardens were for lounging in, I remember lying listening to a strange cracking noise which I eventually tracked down to the explosive seed capsules of some lupins. Over the years I have carried on growning lupins but never been so … Continue reading
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