The most common bluebell in this country is the Spanish variety. Unlike the English Bluebell, they are usually found on open ground. They also have a different appearance, with the flowers on both sides of the stem. This means the stem does not bend as much and thus Spanish Bluebells stand up straight. English Bluebells [...]
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The weather may be rather chilly just now but we have just the thing to bring a glow to your cheeks on cool Spring or Summer evenings in the garden. We have just imported a range of Northern Indian fire bowls, called Kadais (pronounced Ka’die). These rustic cooking pots are made from recycled high grade [...]
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Don’t believe everything you hear or read in the news. We have just experienced our best ever Autumn/Winter trading period with sales up 19% on the previous year’s record for October to December inclusive. Yet again the star department was the expanded Country Clothing Department with an impressive 44% increase in sales over the same [...]
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We would like to wish all our customers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and to advise that we will be shut from 3pm on Christmas Eve until 9am on 2nd January 2013 for stocktaking. It has once again been an especially busy run up to Christmas and amazingly we beat easily last [...]
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This month’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Magazine will feature a section on retail staff who have just received their HTA Diploma in Gardening Retail, including our wonderfully dedicated Christine and Simon! Christine spent her childhood working on the family farm during the holidays, before spending 13 years there growing continental salad vegetables and Simon completed [...]
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Customers and staff were able to meet owls cared for by the Leyland-based Barn Owl Bill Trust at Dunscar on Sunday(12th August. Owls on display included Dunscar the snowy owl, who has been sponsored by us since 2009, while volunteers from the Trust gave a presentation on owls and the work of the Trust to [...]
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Whether you’re a gardening enthusiast, a photography enthusiast or both, we invite you to submit entries to the 2012 Dunscar Photography Competition. This year the theme is ‘A Natural Spectacle’. We’re looking for visually striking images of wildlife and landscapes in the UK. The competition is split into two age categories, 16 and under and 17 [...]
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We’ve booked Dunscar, our sponsored snowy owl to return to meet our customers on the Glorious Twelfth. He will feature prominently with his friends from the Barn Owl Bill Trust on Sunday 12th August. Volunteers from the Trust will give a presentation on owls and the work of the Trust to rescue them between 1pm [...]
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We extend our congratulations to Becky Finley, one of our student staff, who has just completed a degree in English Literature at Oxford University and gained a 2.1 honours degree. This is an incredible achievement and has involved much hard work and commitment. We are all very proud of her. Becky started working for us [...]
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