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Dewstow Gardens

Lazy days

July 4, 2011by NSM Leave a comment

Summer seems to have arrived, at last – in fits and starts, and at different times in different parts of the country.  We’re having a few days of glorious sunshine, […]

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Aberglasney Mansion

Spring, the sweet spring …

March 30, 2011by NSM Leave a comment

When I am sad I turn to music – usually Bach, who is a wonderful uplifter of spirits, but on this occasion Benjamin Britten’s ‘Spring Symphony’.  Like many of Britten’s works, […]

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Music
Daffodils in the Botanic Garden

Snowdrops to daffodils and new-born lambs

March 18, 2011by NSM Leave a comment

To the Botanic Garden again, this morning, to learn about their project to DNA barcode all the flowering plant species in Wales.  They hope to have completed this by the […]

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Gardens
Ivor Stokes, Head of Horticulture, NBGW

Snowdrops and Bromeliads

February 20, 2011by NSM 1 Comment

I spent an entertaining morning in the National Botanic Garden of Wales on Friday, listening to Ivor Stokes telling us how he came back from the hippy trail in India in […]

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Gardens
Floribunda Rose Happy Retirement

A lovesome thing

June 28, 2010by NSM Leave a comment

I have been trying to remember the last time it rained.  I know we had a downpour during the MU trip to Myddfai on 8th June, and I think we […]

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Gardens
National Botanic Garden of Wales - Great Glasshouse

Day Off

May 25, 2010by NSM Leave a comment

I took the day off today and went to the Members’ Day at the National Botanic Garden.  I’m a Life Member as a result of having joined the Grass Roots Club […]

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