Sunlight breaking through the trees in the New Forest
An African White-backed Vulture egg that fell 15 feet from its nest and landed on the aviary floor was rescued by a quick-thinking member of the Hawk Conservancy Trust staff and placed in an incubator. In a further dramatic twist the chick inside the egg had to be hatched by ‘egg-caesarean’ due to complications during hatching. The egg […]
Sparsholt College student Helen Parsons has designed the greenhouse interior and surrounding gardens for the Country Greenhouses RHS Chelsea Flower Show exhibit. She won a design competition by the Petersfield based company to help them create their 8m x 8m stand, featuring a 3m x 5m greenhouse. Competition entries were submitted from students studying for […]
The Jubilee Spiral by Alton based Gaze Burvill has been shortlisted for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden Product of the Year 2012. In celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Jubilee Spiral seating can be placed around a small tree or sculpture, or displayed in its own right. Craftsman-made for optimum comfort, this piece […]
TV naturalist Chris Packham opened the new restaurant at the Hawk Conservancy Trust in Weyhill last night. He started by giving an interesting speech about the former incarnations of the restaurant, including the very first one in 1966 – a timber clad caravan in the car park which was frequented by scarlet macaws with a […]
Leopold de Rothschild died on April 19 aged 84. He was a member of the Rothschild banking family and had a distinguished career in finance; however his greatest passions were classical music and steam trains and he was well known as a leading musical philanthropist. Leo, as he was known, was born in London on […]
Round 3 of the 2012 championship was held in changeable weather conditions and provided some very close racing. Gordon Sheddon was dominant and managed to not only win 2 of the races today but also improved from 5th in the championship fight, to 2nd. Results from Thruxton: Race 1 1 – Mat Jackson 2 – […]
Students from Testbourne Community School in Whitchurch will be taking part in the new Chelsea Fringe Festival. Their creation ‘The Wheelie Garden’ will be taking to the streets of London for two days in May and the team will be joining other horticulture enthusiasts who want to bring the joys of gardening to a wider […]
“Each plant has to have at least three uses, such as aromatic, medicinal and culinary” For horticulture lecturer Chris Bird, it’s a chance to take a budding new team of second year students to the show off their skills at the greatest flowers show on Earth – the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. A team of […]
The enthronement of the 97th Bishop of Winchester, The Rt Rev Tim Dakin, took place on Saturday. He succeeded The Rt Rev Michael Scott-Joynt who retired after 16 years in the position. In his opening sermon, the new bishop said “I believe the Diocese is ready to move on and is ready for change. I […]
