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Category Archives: Home & Garden

Friends of Linda Vista

Linda Vista Gardens

Katrina Gass asks ‘Have you discovered the tranquility of Linda Vista Gardens?’ If you have, you will already know about the bright flower beds and the beautiful trees and shrubs which include some rare specimens. In the Gardens there are many ideal spots for a picnic and the play bed with its willow tunnel is […]

Designing Your Garden: Part 3

In Last month’s issue of the Abergavenny Focus, we looked at transferring all the survey information which you collected from your garden in part one, onto a scaled drawing. In this issue we will look at adding all the new design features from your wish list to your garden, for example; patios, paths, planting and […]

Designing Your Garden : Part 2

In Last month’s issue, we looked at collecting all the information required to produce a scaled drawing of your garden. In this issue I will share with you some basic methods that will help you to turn the information you collected into a scaled plan of your garden. Before we put pen to paper, here […]

Spring Clean

That moment when the first spring flowers poke their heads above their soily parapet, signals winter’s end. Not that there’s anything wrong with Winter; it brings with it the desire for blankets, warm stews and a general mood of hibernation, but there’s something invigorating and renewing about the arrival of spring.   The origins of […]

Designing Your Garden

Winter is now rapidly fading into the record books as one of the warmest to take its place alongside the coldest winter for 30 years – and only 12 months apart. It’s time to dig out the spade, shake out the wellies and step boldly out into the garden reciting your mantra: “this is the […]

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