Ursula Buchan

Talking heads | 19 December 2009

The days are short, there is no light for gardening after work, and local horticultural societies are halfway through their winter programme of illustrated talks.

The days are short, there is no light for gardening after work, and local horticultural societies are halfway through their winter programme of illustrated talks. All over the country, gardeners are gathering, in spartan village halls and echoing church rooms, on every first Tuesday in the month to listen to a ‘speaker’.

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