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Sunday, April 9, 2023

Easter weekend in full bloom

As we get into the swing of spring, potted flowers are the first to show themselves

Easter Sunday! Garden shopping’s big weekend. Nurseries and garden centres at their busiest. Endless trays of seedlings carried to cars. There will be bootfuls of new tools and plants and potting compost. (Though peat-free only please.)

Gardens are waking, trees are budding, weeds stirring. It’s getting time to get to work. At our house it’s all about the flower pots at the moment. Our roof terrace has come alive. There’ll soon be summer work to do.

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