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By MICK ROBERTS © UNLIKE most of Australia, Queensland and Western Australia had a ‘watered-down’ version of the infamous ‘six-o’clock swill’. The ‘swill’ was a nickname given to the frenzied rush by Australians and New Zealanders to buy drinks from… Read More › The post Queensland’s ‘sedated swill’ at 8pm appeared first on TIME GENTS.

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I’ve rarely been as deeply affected emotionally as I was this fall when I attended a pair of demonstrations by young people — teenagers and pre-teens – calling for climate action. These young people want a future they can believe in, and I couldn’t help feeling they deserve it. But how do you reach the…

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Here is a post I wrote back in the summer which I thought would be good to post now to bring back memories of warmer days. We always like finding new gardens opening for the NGS, and Oakley Mynd was a real find. As there was no parking we had to park in Bishops Castle […]

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By Wednesday Batchelor, Collections Management Trainee Over the past couple of months I have had the opportunity to present two talks on topics that I am particularly interested in. The first took place in December and was titled “Axolotls: Water Monsters of Mexico”. Axolotls are fascinating creatures, closely related to salamanders, which are native to […]

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Architect holds the code to the future of residential design projects The post Architect holds the code to the future of residential design projects appeared first on Specifier Review – Architecture – Design – Innovation Kirsty Hammond Continue reading Architect holds the code to the future of residential design projects at Specifier Review.

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On Monday, I mentioned I was going to Brookgreen Gardens for a lecture on insects. So, let’s start off the year with a gate to a lush demonstration garden in the Low Country where I attended the lecture. What were the top three things I learned from the Clemson Extension agent on insects? They have […]

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In winter I look for signs of spring and in the 10 years that I’ve spent looking closely, the often mild winters have provided glimpses of the coming season far earlier than we expect.

via #FungiFriday: snuffling for shrooms in midwinter — Daniel Greenwood

.But I was still surprised to hear about pteridomania, a fern collecting craze in Victorian England. People got crazy collecting different ferns to that extent that some of the ferns got almost extinct!

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Skimmia japonica ‘Rubella’Skimmia japonica ‘Rubella’ is one of those great all-round garden plants. It was named and first described by the Paris based, French botanist Élie-Abel Carrière (1818 – 1896). It is a popular garden plants with will provide a gorgeous backdrop of evergreen foliage along with long lasting ornamental buds and blooms. Skimmia japonica…

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This post, one of two about Houghton Hall in Norfolk wasn’t published at the time so here it is now, found again and ready to be sent out albeit rather late! Richard Long is one of our favourite land artists and until this year we had only seen a few isolated examples of his work. […]

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