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24 dash 2 Dec 10
Elderly twin sisters have been recognised for their work to create a pleasant communal garden outside their homes in Friary Crescent, Rushall.
Jessie and Joan Baker, aged 92, were nominated for a WHG Community Spirit award by a neighbour who felt they deserved recognition for their dedication to creating a communal garden…
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Alison Dayani B'ham Mail 27 Oct 10
A young landscape gardener from Walsall has been left blind in one eye after a horrific accident at work. A flying metal object lodged into 25-year-old Ashley Brabbin’s right eye when he was left unprotected on a ride-on mower.
His bosses at Glendale Managed Services Ltd had given the worker no safety goggles while doing the dangerous task. The firm has admitted liability…
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Linda Strange Sutton Observer 24 Sep 10
A Streetly garden centre owner is digging in to reduce his food miles – by creating his own orchard.
Peter Beharrell is planting apples, plums, greengages and damson trees on a one-acre site next to Pacific Nurseries on Chester Road. He will harvest the fruit for home-made pies to be sold in his new farm shop…
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Bloxidge Tallygraph 5 Sep 10
There may be no Illuminations in Walsall for the foreseeable future, but a Bloxwich couple are proving once again that this ancient Staffordshire village can still hold its own against the big boys ‘up in town’ by providing their own mini-illuminations to raise funds for charity.
The glorious Japanese-themed garden of John and Julie Quinn of 6 Fishley Close, Bloxwich, WS3 3QA is being illuminated to give it an intimate, romantic atmosphere, and the Quinns are throwing it open to the public on the evening of Saturday 11 September between 7-10pm…
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Kerri Smith 24dash 18 Aug 10
A competition has been launched by Walsall Housing Group (whg) to find the best gardens among its homes.
The housing association, which is responsible for around 19,000 properties across the borough, has joined forces with affordable housing contractor Wates Living Space to run the contest.
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Express & Star 9 Aug 10
As a child Sarah Newton loved nothing more than playing in her parent’s stunning garden.
She vowed that one day she would get married among the beautiful plants and shrubs that won the garden a host of awards. This weekend her dream came true, when Sarah, aged 23, married 31-year-old sweetheart Andy Pullen…
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Advertiser 22 Jul 10
An award-winning garden will once again be open to members of the public this weekend – helping two worthwhile charities’ funds to blossom.
Marie and Tony Newton will be throwing open the gates to their ‘Four Seasons’ garden, in Buchanan Road, Walsall, on Saturday and Sunday, from 10am until 5pm both days…
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Express & Star 8 Jul 10
Think you have got a weed problem?
They are more used to potatoes and peas, but pensioners at allotments in Wednesbury have currently got a more unusual and unexpected crop – cannabis plants.
A number of the plants have suddenly popped up at Barlow Road Allotments…
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Andy Hollyhead Two cultures, one mind 25 Jun 10
It’s official. Since moving, I’ve been subjected to having my water metered, a new experience. Whilst I’m still waiting for my first bill (nine months after moving into South Staffs Water’s area), I’ve been thinking what can I do to reduce my water consumption. Showering less often was considered, but rejected by those closest to me… as they moved further away.
My garden is not populated with much fauna yet, this year is a settling in year and getting the feel for where the sun travels through the year is part of the fun of a new house. But I also resent paying directly to water plants…
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Express & Star 17 May 10
Growers at a Walsall allotments hit by floods and vandalism were today calling for a £100,000 investment in the plots. Twelve people are on the waiting list for a pitch at the partly overgrown site near Junction 10 of the M6.
Gardeners say the 110-plot site in Reedswood, Walsall, is in desperate need of an overhaul including new secure fencing, maintenance of a brook through the grounds, rubbish clearance and more parking spaces…