Welcome to the Costa del West Sussex! Recent warm weather has Jim the gardens manager, cracking the horticultural whip to make the most of this benign weather before the mid- season maintenance schedule of the gardens and crops under glass takes over....Read on to find out more about Sarah's April recollections.
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Andy Lewis, Head Gardener at National Trust Uppark reviews our Gardener's Question TIme held earlier this month.
"I was lucky enough to attend the inaugural Alitex Gardeners’ Question Time event recently. It was hugely successful and has to be a fixture on the calendar from now, I would think.... "
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Marina writes entertainingly of her cold weather experiences and explains how our plants protect themselves against the seasonal elements.
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_pliSmall.jpg "Life at West Dean Gardens with our Guest Blogger, Sarah Wain")
I garden at West Dean Gardens www.westdean.org.uk part of the Edward James Foundation with my husband Jim Buckland and a team of eight other gardeners plus about 40 volunteers and have been working there as the gardens supervisor for 21 years.
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Marina Christopher introduces us to Phoenix Perennial Plants
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