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Live Well Growers – Dave’s an angel at times
I love attending the group. Our little space is like a sanctuary for me.
Read moreLife as an Apprentice: a week in Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Horticultural apprentice, Ben Wilde had a week-long placement at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Read moreLife as an Apprentice: Chatsworth Estate
Horticultural apprentice Molly Sheppard spent a week picking up new skills at Chatsworth Estate in Derbyshire
Read moreLife as an Apprentice: a week at Great Dixter, East Sussex
Garden Apprentice Jen Keyte spent a week at Great Dixter House and Gardens to find out more about their horticultural methods
Read moreVernon Lee and the Middleton Estate
Born in 1856, Vernon Lee, aka Violet Paget (d. 1935), was a Victorian writer whose writings spanned a variety of subjects including art, emotion, aesthetic, travelling and, the supernatural. She was well known during the late 1800s and early 1900s, but fell out of fashion due to her pacifist views. However her works were re-discovered […]
Read moreVictory and Disaster: Paxton aged 12 aboard HMS Thunderer
We are familiar with the stories of Sir William Paxton’s later life – especially his time on the Middleton Estate and his creation of one of the most renowned Regency Landscapes of the time…but what about his life as a child? At the age of just 12, Paxton joined the Navy for the first […]
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