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February News |
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February has been a mixture of relaxation and chaos. The first half we spent on holiday in The Gambia and Senegal, where the temperature was never below 32˚C, then it was back to England where unfortunately we had to swap our flip-flops for wellies.
The holiday was a real treat; we followed the River Gambia from the coast as far as Mount Assirik, stopping along the way to see Lion, Leopard, Roan Antelope, thousands of monkeys and approximately 250 species of bird including Black Bellied Bustard, White Throated Francolin, Black Stork, Sudan Sparrow, Crowned Crane, Saddlebilled Stork and a total of 16 Ground Hornbill’s - not bad seeing its only a 6 hour flight from the UK.
Anyway, back to plants. Its nice to see things are growing again. Narcissus, Primulas and Ranunculus are flowering, and later woodlanders like trilliums and orchids are showing growth. Over the next few weeks most of the shade plants will come into flower and all of the summer perennials will start showing leaves.
The end of February was quite busy, trying to get the nursery ready for our first weekend of the season. March 2nd was our Hellebore Day, which was attended by some of our local experts. We had over 1000 Hellebore plants for sale, but due to the large volume of enthusiastic visitors, many of the flowering plants had sold within the first hour and two stall holders sold-out and therefore went home at lunchtime. |
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One of our Boat-Billed herons, which will be in our Potting Shed aviary for the Easter Plant Fair.
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We will be fully opening the nursery on March 22nd for our Easter Plant Fair. A selection of local nurseries and specialist growers will be on site offering a wide range of spring plants, we should also have some Easter chicks to amuse any younger visitors and the Potting Shed will be serving a range of home made cake and soup.
Visitors will also be able to see our Boat-Billed Herons, when we add them to our Potting Shed aviary at Easter. This heron is seldom kept in captivity, with only 9 birds currently living in UK collections, our are part of a European Breeding Programme and have come from a collection in the Netherlands.
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