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A friend is going to Cornwall next week and needs a list of nurseries
and gardens not to be missed! She doesn't mind travelling about an hour
and a half to 2 hours.

She's herself has a lovely garden, about an acre and she is quite
serious about gardening and plants (buys hers in threes and
fives!)though she doesn't bother with the more difficult stuff.

She's gardening on the chalk of a hillside in Wendover, near Aylesbury,
with good top soil now she'd brought it all in !

She's also just had a swimming pond installed with a wild flower meadow
intended for the far bank.

If anyone can recommend places she ought to visit this time of the year
(I told her Charlie's and Sacha and Ray's) I'd be grateful for any
suggestions to pass on.

Mind you, with Hill House now being a television star (this very
morning!) I expect she'll have to fight her way in, especially as
Christine Walkden gave it such high praise and said tit had the most
varied list of plants for sale in the country:)


Janet

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
A friend is going to Cornwall next week and needs a list of nurseries
and gardens not to be missed! She doesn't mind travelling about an hour
and a half to 2 hours.

She's herself has a lovely garden, about an acre and she is quite
serious about gardening and plants (buys hers in threes and
fives!)though she doesn't bother with the more difficult stuff.

She's gardening on the chalk of a hillside in Wendover, near Aylesbury,
with good top soil now she'd brought it all in !

She's also just had a swimming pond installed with a wild flower meadow
intended for the far bank.

If anyone can recommend places she ought to visit this time of the year
(I told her Charlie's and Sacha and Ray's) I'd be grateful for any
suggestions to pass on.

Mind you, with Hill House now being a television star (this very
morning!) I expect she'll have to fight her way in, especially as
Christine Walkden gave it such high praise and said tit had the most
varied list of plants for sale in the country:)


Janet

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

For Cornwall a couple of must sees are Marsh Villa, near Par, and Chygurno
which is in the far west and a bit like Tresco! also good are Pine Lodge,
Bosvigo (maybe the last chance to see this one its up for sale)
But there are over a hundred to choose from
--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cultivars

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On 23/8/07 11:52, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

A friend is going to Cornwall next week and needs a list of nurseries
and gardens not to be missed! She doesn't mind travelling about an hour
and a half to 2 hours.

She's herself has a lovely garden, about an acre and she is quite
serious about gardening and plants (buys hers in threes and
fives!)though she doesn't bother with the more difficult stuff.

She's gardening on the chalk of a hillside in Wendover, near Aylesbury,
with good top soil now she'd brought it all in !

She's also just had a swimming pond installed with a wild flower meadow
intended for the far bank.

If anyone can recommend places she ought to visit this time of the year
(I told her Charlie's and Sacha and Ray's) I'd be grateful for any
suggestions to pass on.

Mind you, with Hill House now being a television star (this very
morning!) I expect she'll have to fight her way in, especially as
Christine Walkden gave it such high praise and said tit had the most
varied list of plants for sale in the country:)

I'm glowing with reflected glory. ;-)
I'd suggest she really should visit Pine Lodge near Truro and if she can get
herself onto a helicopter and spend a day at the Abbey Gardens on Tresco,
she'll think she's died and gone to heaven. She can opt for lunch at the
garden café, run by Mike Nelham's wife, the New Inn or the Island Hotel. We
met Jennifer and Edward Sparkes there quite by chance one year and I think
they were just on a day trip so Jennifer will be able to tell you more about
it from the organisational pov. It's an expensive day out with the
helicopter fare but it is unique in this country and something she really,
really shouldn't miss.
If she does decide to visit us, please email me her name and tell her to ask
for us when she gets here.


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

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On Aug 23, 11:52 am, Janet Tweedy wrote:
A friend is going to Cornwall next week and needs a list of nurseries
and gardens not to be missed! She doesn't mind travelling about an hour
and a half to 2 hours.

She's herself has a lovely garden, about an acre and she is quite
serious about gardening and plants (buys hers in threes and
fives!)though she doesn't bother with the more difficult stuff.

She's gardening on the chalk of a hillside in Wendover, near Aylesbury,
with good top soil now she'd brought it all in !

She's also just had a swimming pond installed with a wild flower meadow
intended for the far bank.

If anyone can recommend places she ought to visit this time of the year
(I told her Charlie's and Sacha and Ray's) I'd be grateful for any
suggestions to pass on.

Mind you, with Hill House now being a television star (this very
morning!) I expect she'll have to fight her way in, especially as
Christine Walkden gave it such high praise and said tit had the most
varied list of plants for sale in the country:)

Janet

--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraphhttp://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

Janet, are we famous by association, do you think, as we know Sacha?

Judith

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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
A friend is going to Cornwall next week and needs a list of nurseries and
gardens not to be missed! She doesn't mind travelling about an hour and a
half to 2 hours.

You don't say where she's staying but the formal gardens at Mt Edgcume
Country Park would be interesting for her. http://www.mountedgcumbe.gov.uk/

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In article , Charlie Pridham
writes



For Cornwall a couple of must sees are Marsh Villa, near Par, and Chygurno
which is in the far west and a bit like Tresco! also good are Pine Lodge,
Bosvigo (maybe the last chance to see this one its up for sale)
But there are over a hundred to choose from
--


Thanks Charlie, duly noted.

By the way do you have a Gladiolus pap. Ruby for sale? A friend
desperately wants it now the gardener at Pettifers near Banbury has
shown her plant and swears that it gets better every year and is worth
buying!


--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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In article .com,
" writes



Janet, are we famous by association, do you think, as we know Sacha?

Judith



Oh but of course Judith! I mean we'll be the talk of the local gardening
societies:)
--
Janet Tweedy
Amersham Gardening Association
http://www.amersham-gardening.net

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In article , Martin
writes
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:52:32 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:


Mind you, with Hill House now being a television star (this very
morning!) I expect she'll have to fight her way in, especially as
Christine Walkden gave it such high praise and said tit had the most
varied list of plants for sale in the country:)

Freudian slip?

Well by way of justification my spellcheck change it from god only knows
what :)
Maybe the Turnpike spell check is trying to be funny :)
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

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On 24/8/07 13:26, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , Martin
writes
On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:52:32 +0100, Janet Tweedy
wrote:


Mind you, with Hill House now being a television star (this very
morning!) I expect she'll have to fight her way in, especially as
Christine Walkden gave it such high praise and said tit had the most
varied list of plants for sale in the country:)

Freudian slip?

Well by way of justification my spellcheck change it from god only knows
what :)
Maybe the Turnpike spell check is trying to be funny :)

Never mind, Janet - we do have a lot of birds in the garden. ;-))
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

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"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message
...
In article , Charlie Pridham
writes



For Cornwall a couple of must sees are Marsh Villa, near Par, and
Chygurno
which is in the far west and a bit like Tresco! also good are Pine Lodge,
Bosvigo (maybe the last chance to see this one its up for sale)
But there are over a hundred to choose from
--


Thanks Charlie, duly noted.

By the way do you have a Gladiolus pap. Ruby for sale? A friend
desperately wants it now the gardener at Pettifers near Banbury has
shown her plant and swears that it gets better every year and is worth
buying!


--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

No sorry it would not grow for me.

--
Charlie, Gardening in Cornwall
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National collections of Clematis viticella
and Lapageria rosea cultivars