By Gemma Lakin ~ Marketing Executive at Mitsubishi Electric After visiting Norway, Gemma Lakin looks at how the country has embraced renewable technology. Last month I had the pleasure of visiting in the beautiful country of Norway. We spent the weekend kayaking and walking through the idyllic Nærøyfjord and during my short time spent there…
via What lessons can the UK learn from Norway? — SPECIFIER REVIEW
Book Review – Secret Gardens of East Anglia. A Private Tour of 22 Gardens. By Barbara Segall and photos by Marcus Harpur.
via Book Review – Secret Gardens of East Anglia. — The Cynical Gardener
We left Hull in last week’s post standing, figuratively at least, in its civic heart, Queen Victoria Square. We’re looking at municipal Hull – the plans and promises as well as proud accomplishment. Queen’s Gardens, which lie beyond Queen Victoria Square to the north-east, fall somewhere in the middle of that spectrum. The area was […]
via Municipal Dreams Goes to Hull, Part II: Civic grandeur, service and convenience — Municipal Dreams
We are in a land of wild and rugged splendour. Over millions of years, earth, sea, wind and ice have sculpted the coastlines of Western Newfoundland. In Gros Morne National Park, cliffs with layered columns of shale and granite overlook tidal pools peppered with huge boulders. Further north, shallow sweeps of sandy beach skirt grassy […]
Anyone who has ever written anything, from school essay to holiday postcard to first novel to tardy blog post is familiar with the tyranny of the blank page. Enough has been written on that subject, and I am sure that plenty has been written on the subject of starting a garden from scratch on an […]
It is reassuring to know that even the sun is insecure. On our last day in our favorite beach in Portugal, the star staged an unforgettable sunset. It clearly wants us to return next year to worship again its glorious light. How can we say no?
The summer holiday washout wiped out a bumper season for wildlife, National Trust experts said today. Family holidays were not the only victims of recent wet weather, with wildlife suffering from extensive summer rain. 2017 was on course to being the best summer for wildlife in over a decade – ending a long run of […]
via Summer holiday washout wipes out bumper season for wildlife — National Trust Press Office
Finding sycamore trees (Platanus occidentalis) along creeks in Austin is commonplace. When I looked at this sycamore leaf along Bull Creek on July 25th I saw something I’d noticed once before, years earlier, but had never tracked down. Val Bugh came to the rescue this time: “the white stuff is a secretion that a female […]
Dame Vera Lynn today pledges her support as the National Trust launches a £1 million appeal to further protect the future of the White Cliffs of Dover. The conservation charity aims to buy 700,000 square metres of land immediately behind the clifftop which it secured in 2012. This will enable the restoration of habitat and […]
via Dame Vera Lynn backs £1m appeal to secure future of White Cliffs — National Trust Press Office
Camellias reign supreme in the gardens of the north of Portugal. They love the rainy, temperate climate and the slightly acidic soil. The first camellias were probably brought from China by Portuguese merchants five centuries ago. These merchants also brought back some leaves that, when infused in hot water, produced an extraordinary drink called tea. […]
via Extraordinary Portuguese tea — Salt of Portugal
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