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a far away fellow holds the following credentials:
Cert Ed. Nat Cert. Horticulture. A1 Hort. (Member of the Institute of Horticulture)
Certificate in Environmental Conservation
WILDFLOWERS
Rich and fertile,
Rough and ready,
Wild and free,
Tough and steady.
I love the luxuriant profusion and mad scatter of a meadow swathed in wildflowers. A beautiful tapestry of colour and scent, swaying harmoniously together in the breeze, trying their best to invite pollinators but also symbolises unity. After the first full moon of May,
The Dandelion
The real and ultimate understanding of flowers is not anatomical but sympathetic. The more you know of plants the more you will wonder at the beauty and variety of their contrivances by which they are saved from dangers.