Gardener, Plantsman, Speaker, @HOEinBloom Judge, Chairman/Treasurer Shrops @Plantheritage, Fellow of PGCA & former Vice President of @CIHort. All views my own.
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Just seen a load of these lovely old posters at Kalmthout Arboretum in Belgium. Do @theroyalparks still have these days? @wazzo_m
A very interesting article by @MrGuyKelly in today’s @Telegraph about whether we have too many dogs now. Even I, a cat person, felt a degree of sympathy for the dogs. As ever, it’s the owners who are at fault. Can we trace the blame back to some bloke in Yorkshire?
Can someone @BBCStargazing explain what’s happening here? Is this simply a reflection on the clouds or something else?
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Umberto Eco, who owned 50,000 books, had this to say about home libraries:
“It is foolish to think that you have to read all the books you buy, as it is foolish to criticize those who buy more books than they will ever be able to read. It would be like saying that you should use all the cutlery or glasses or screwdrivers or drill bits you bought before buying new ones.
“There are things in life that we need to always have plenty of supplies, even if we will only use a small portion.
“If, for example, we consider books as medicine, we understand that it is good to have many at home rather than a few: when you want to feel better, then you go to the ‘medicine closet’ and choose a book. Not a random one, but the right book for that moment. That’s why you should always have a nutrition choice!
“Those who buy only one book, read only that one and then get rid of it. They simply apply the consumer mentality to books, that is, they consider them a consumer product, a good. Those who love books know that a book is anything but a commodity.”
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Buy local farm food.
This website shows where you can buy directly from local farmers and farm shops and bypass the supermarkets. Keep cash in your local circular economy rather than giving it away to mega corporations.
produceandprovide.co.uk/
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My niece gave me some zinnia plants, my sister-in-law gave me some dahlia tubers and I sowed a packet of white snapdragons to try to have a cutting patch this year because I was brassed off with supermarket flower prices. I haven’t got much variety but such an abundance. You try!
I know there’s been some great advancements in medical science over the past century but I hadn’t realised how much the average life expectancy had risen until I saw this in @Tesco today 😂
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The recent bout of warm weather has created a breathtaking display of colour throughout our glorious 70 acre gardens - come and visit soon!
So sad to hear about the passing of Richard Serra 1939. An amazing sculptor whose work “Five Elevations” I had the privilege of helping to erect.
Had a fantastic day @Reaseheath helping with the North West & North Wales branch of @CIHort host the region’s final of the Young Horticulturist of the Year competition. Eight impressive entrants and a worthy winner in Frank Cooke. @vgeorgehort
What a brilliant article 🙂
'It was a part of their lives and experience and by giving them permission to talk about it, everyone could see it was “just another way to be a human”.'
A great piece in @HeadteacherNews about bringing LGBT+ references into the classroom by @SpaceDorset
headteacher-update.com/conte…
Well, if you want a display of Snowdrops, you couldn’t do much better than this @nationaltrust #Attingham . Predominately Galanthus nivalis’Flore Pleno’. #Galanthophile
