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    Monthly Archive for: "December, 2021"
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     Our Somerset Garden
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    By Alan Down
    In Gardening, Gardening for Wildlife, Gardens Visited, Hardy perennials
    Posted December 30, 2021

    Our Somerset Garden

    Our Somerset garden is now just three years old. We moved to South Somerset in December 2018 and bought a property with virtually no garden at all! As we approach the end of another year I think [...]

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     Christmas Hellebores
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    By Alan Down
    In Hardy perennials, Plant Focus, Seasonal Gardening, Winter colour
    Posted December 18, 2021

    Christmas Hellebores

    Christmas hellebores often fail to bloom at Christmas. But careful breeding has brought us gardeners a greatly improved hellebore. And one that always flowers before, at and after Christmas! [...]

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     Platinum Jubilee tree planting
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    By Alan Down
    In Autumn Colour, Ornamental trees, Seasonal Gardening, Trees and Shrubs
    Posted December 7, 2021

    Platinum Jubilee tree planting

    Platinum Jubilee tree planting in the village of Tintinhull is a project that I’ve recently taken on. I was delighted to get the ball rolling with a VIP helping to plant our first tree! We [...]

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     Why you should buy a real Christmas tree
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    By Alan Down
    In Christmas, Seasonal Gardening
    Posted December 2, 2021

    Why you should buy a real Christmas tree

    A real Christmas tree has always been an essential part of our Christmas and in this blog I’ll explain why. We’re only just into December and real Christmas trees are already selling [...]

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    About Alan

    Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days.

    Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world I soon found that my passion for plants – wildflowers at that time – would direct my career…

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