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West Dean Gardens - July 2014
June was a wonderful month for a garden visit to West Dean and July looks set to be the same. Plenty of sun filled days after the relentless winter rain have put a skip into the visitors step as they come along to enjoy all aspects of the gardens and...
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West Dean Gardens - June 14
Last winter's rain has acted like rocket fuel to the gardens, there is fabulous growth on trees, shrubs and herbaceous perennials everywhere. As a result the early season wild flower display was floriferous in the extreme - always a glorious sight. S...
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Student Contributors 2013
William Bennett completed an MA as well as postgraduate and graduate diplomas in books at West Dean. Prior to beginning his studies in conservation, William worked for a year in the Collections Care Section of the Preservation Directorate at the Libr...
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Looking Good in November at West Dean Gardens
Halloween celebrations are over for another twelve months and the little monster costumes packed away. Gorgeous autumnal weather - dry still and colourful meant there was something for everyone to enjoy in the gardens as well as the children's spooky...
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The Chelsea ‘Chop’
Chelsea week is the one time of the year that gardening dominates the airwaves and takes centre stage in the public's mind which is slightly curious because as any "real" gardener knows gardens are an all year round obsession that occupies one's thou...
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Welcome to West Dean Gardens in May
April was such a benign month at West Dean, mostly rain-free days and glorious enjoyable sunshine. What a blossomy year so far - I feel as if the garden is garlanded with these magical blooms at present. The pear blossom was magnificent in March and...
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Spring Fever!
Well spring has certainly sprung and everything is roaring out of the ground as if its life depended on it, which in a way of course it does. This is a lovely time of the year, full of promise, everything looking fresh in the first flush of its youth...
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My short course experience: balm for the soul
By Debby Benjamin, Short Course Student “I treated myself to Jo Dixon’s Mixed Media Class during February half term. I work with children with special educational needs and had finally persuaded my boss to let me run some sort of ar...