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    Letters to Wendy

    Jun 09, 2020 4 minutes

    Write to us: Letters, Amateur Gardening magazine, Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hants GU14 7BF (please include your address). Email us: amateurgardening@ti-media.com

    Roadside beauty

    WHILST out walking during the lockdown period, the roadside verges have been growing up naturally in my area. Drifts of clover, thistles, red campion and garlic mustard have been a wonderful sight. On 13 May, when restrictions were relaxed slightly, I heard the sound of strimming and the drone of a mower’s engine outside. The council were back, cutting the verges!

    I was so upset that these habitats and valuable food

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