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TRADE SECRETS: Hydrangea Cuttings
When it comes to propagating hydrangeas, one person knows more about the subject than most, and that’s Maurice Foster. Holder of a Victoria Medal of Honour, member of the RHS Woody Plant Committee and trustee of the Tree Register, he first worked wit
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Between Two WORLDS
It is interesting how a lifelong fascination with plants and gardens can be initiated by subtle early influences; among mine I’m sure were the children’s novels written by Cambridgeshire author Lucy Boston, of which The Children of Green Knowe is bes
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Picture PERFECT
Often described as being at ‘the edge of the world’, East Prawle is a small coastal village in south Devon with a scattering of houses and farms, a duck pond and a village green. There is also a well-known pub, The Pigs Nose Inn, that is the heart of