‘This is perhaps the smallest, oldest surviving ecosystem in the world. A garden in a bottle, planted by David Latimer in 1960 was last watered in the year 1972 before it was tightly sealed. David Latimer, 80, from Cranleigh in Surrey wanted to see how long the ecosystem would survive and to everybody’s amazement the little world is still thriving entirely on recycled air, nutrients and water.
The only external thing fed to this bottled-garden was light without which there would be no energy for plants inside to create their own food and continue to grow. Other than that this is an entirely self-sufficient ecosystem, with the plant and bacteria in the soil working together.’
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‘Work is nearing completion on our new insect hotel which is located on our Georgian Ride! This fantastic structure has been built using a variety of natural materials and will attract various Heligan insects such as solitary bees, earwigs, spiders, lady bird, maybe the odd toad and much much more!’ The Lost Gardens of Heligan
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‘Here’s the Royal Oak at Boscobel House, where Charles II reportedly hid from Cromwell’s troops – we wonder what life would be like now if he had been captured?’
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