A once notorious traffic blackspot has been converted into a top wildlife haven after habitat restoration by the National Trust with Natural England. The Devil’s Punch Bowl, which was separated from Hindhead Common by the A3, has undergone huge improvements after the creation of the Hindhead Tunnel by Highways England. Six years on from the […]
via Former traffic blackspot recognised as wildlife haven — National Trust Press Office
This week I visited North Beach, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay, about 45 minutes from my home. I hadn’t been there since the 1980s, when I remember it as rundown and generally depressing. A little research into the town’s history explains why. From Wikipedia: The town was a gambling mecca for summer visitors from the Washington,…
via Beach Town’s Transition from Gambling and Gangs to Gorgeous Gardens by Susan Harris — Garden Rant
My article for iNews on the longer history of Grenfell Tower and the Lancaster West Estate to which it belonged was published yesterday. You can read it here: A perfect storm of disadvantage: the history of Grenfell Tower. When you visit Grenfell and the Estate, as I had to for the article, it’s hard not to […]
via A Long History of Grenfell Tower and the Lancaster West Estate — Municipal Dreams
The history of the stone according to Graeme, “It’s called the Sueno’s Stone. It’s a 9th century Pictish carved slab. The Picts were an ancient people from the east of Scotland…until the Vikings
via Scotland
We have a selection of favourite gardens that we like to return to whenever we can. These are often newly established gardens which we like to see developing over time or gardens which are good at different times of the year. Bryn y Llidiart, up in the Welsh Hills not too far from home is […]
Five Fabulous Facts about Trees Perhaps you remember the old poem about trees that I learned when I was in elementary school, written by Joyce Kilmer, an American writer and poet born in the 19th century and living through World War I. Critics generally did not think much of Kilmer’s work, calling it too simple, yet…
via Trees: Five Fabulous Facts You Need to Know — Serendipity Gardens
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