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| Links: We hope you find these sites useful. Please note we are not responsible for these websites. |
| Plant Hunters Fairs: We are part of a network of gardens and nurseries working together to put on great plant fairs at beautiful locations. www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk |
| The Dorothy Clive Garden: A lovely garden set on the borders of Staffordshire, Shropshire and Cheshire. Great all through its season . Some of the best summer borders we have ever seen, plus spring Rhododendrons and Azaleas, and autumn colours. Run by the Willoughbridge Garden Trust. The garden hosts two Plant Hunters Fairs annually. You can buy a selection of our plants from the garden's plant sales area throughout the season www.dorothyclivegarden.co.uk |
| Cheshire Gardens Trust: Promotes the enjoyment and conservation of Cheshire's garden heritage. Why not join a lively and enthusiastic group who enjoy visits to gardens and talks on topics of interest to garden lovers. Website: http://www.cheshire-gardens-trust.org.uk/ |
| Hartmut Rieger's Heleniums and Phlox: Beautiful pictures of Heleniums and Phlox both in close up and in a glorious garden setting can be found on Hartmut Rieger's wonderful website. www.helenium-phlox.de |
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Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT): We love watching bees of all kinds in
our garden. The BBCT website has lots of info about these useful insects. http://www.bumblebeeconservation.org.uk/
The Natural History Museum website has a easy to use bumblebee identification charts. NHM Charts |
| Butterfly Conservation: http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/ |
| Nature's Raincoats is a website about research into "superhydrophobic" surfaces of plants and insects - surfaces that don't wet and where water forms droplets. The purpose is to create new materials for many applications. Our son was involved in this research at Oxford University. Natures Raincoats |
| Dictionary of Botanical Epithets. Ever wondered what the scientific names of plants mean? This searchable dictionary has lots of definitions. I am indebted to Chuck Griffith's website for a lot of the definitions used on our website. http://www.winternet.com/~chuckg/dictionary.html |
| The Cottage Garden Society: We are members of this friendly society and benefit from their quarterly magazine and annual seed distribution with lots of unusual plants to try. The Cheshire group, who meet at Sandbach, are really friendly and welcoming - do join them if you live in the area. www.thecgs.org.uk Cheshire Group website |
| Hankelow Village: Find out more about our home village of Hankelow www.hankelow.net |
| Audlem: Our nearby village of Audlem is a full of interest with great cafes, pub and canalside walks: www.audlem.org/ |
| Plant Heritage (NCCPG): We hold National Plant Collections of Helenium Cultivars and Centaurea. The Plant Heritage website has information about collections and their open days as well as a lot of useful botanic information for serious plant collectors. www.nccpg.com www.nccpgcheshire.co.uk |
| The Hardy Plant Society: A national society dedicated to our passion - hardy plants. Members benefit from the annual seed distribution and the twice yearly journal "The Hardy Plant". www.hardy-plant.org.uk |
| Seed germination guide: A good resource is on the website of Ontario Rock Garden & Hardy Plant Society |
