Great tit, blue tit and house sparrow Since 1979 Britain has been holding an annual public survey spotting and counting the wild birds in our gardens. This year the BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH takes place on 30-31 January 2016. It’s a fantastic way to get kids involved in helping our wildlife. It helps grow their awareness of which […]
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At last snow arrived albeit for one day! At least Luce and Theo had one day to make snow sculptures and angels and use their sleds. I left the two of them in the garden – with their dad and not alone – and headed straight for the woods surrounding us in our small valley.
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Hever is one of the most important Edwardian gardens in England, and maintained to a very high standard…The best part is a spectacular five-acre Italian garden where a long pergola (cool dripping fountains all along) leads past a series of exquisite Italian gardens, stuffed with outstanding sculptures, columns, arches, urns, sarcophagi and other loot brought
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It’s surreal visiting a British castle that was once home to Anne Boleyn, Heny VIII’s second wife who lost her head, as well as William Waldorf Astor, one of the richest men in America when he was alive. But thanks to both of them Hever Castle is now a major tourist attraction. It was one of those
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At the start of each month there’s one book that without fail I need to look at – An Illustrated Country Year by Celia Lewis. Each chapter is an anthology of nature topics for that month. It gives me ideas of what to look out for in the countryside when I go on walks or
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Although their leaves are turning to mini skeletons I feel rather reassured every time I arrive home and see our hydrangeas. It’s winter so they should be brown. It’s my first January observing our garden here in West Sussex so I’m not sure what should be and shouldn’t be growing. Every season there’s been a mixture of
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