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FOXGLOVE FEVER

As my favourite flower is the foxglove, I enjoyed reading the feature in your June issue about foxgloves and their folklore. When I see foxgloves either in the garden or in the wild, it makes me think summer has truly arrived.

I include a poem I wrote titled ‘Lakeland Foxgloves’ and a photograph of foxgloves I took in the garden together with the June edition of BBC Countryfile Magazine that features foxgloves on the cover.

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