Faith & Flowers January 2020

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January 2020 Web.qxp_Layout 1 07/04/2020 16:05 Page 18Durham’s Secret GardenLast summer the T.V. programme ‘Gardeners’ World’ gave atantalising view of Durham Cathedral’s secret garden. The headgardener and his three staff who tend the Cathedral’s groundsalso grow flowers for cutting in a hidden gem. The Bailey Gardenprovides flowers for arrangements in the Cathedral throughoutthe year. The garden is relatively small at 400 square metres anda large number of dahlias and chrysanthemums are grown as wellas fill in perennials. This is despite the problem of the height ofthe garden, the wind and the consequent amount of staking whichis necessary. The head gardener introduces different varieties ofplants each year.Viewers were also shown carts full of flowers being pushed intothe Cathedral and the arrangers at work. In many ways this is anenviable position for the flower team to be in but perhaps restrictsthe arrangers choice in other ways. In one arrangement I saw onewhite flower in the middle of lots of colour which struck me asbeing incongruous.Ruth18
January 2020 Web.qxp_Layout 1 07/04/2020 16:05 Page 19Conditioning Plant MaterialTwo excellent articles on conditioning plant material came to mynotice late in 2019. I can recommend them both if you can sourcethe magazine in question or bring the article up online.“Fresh flowers for longer” appeared in the March 2019 editionof ‘The Gardener’. This is the magazine of the RoyalHorticultural Society. This is a good general article. It might beworth inquiring about a copy fromRHS Media, Churchgate, New Road,Peterborough PE1 1TTE-mail: thegarden@rhs.org.uk.“How to condition your plant material” appeared in ‘The FlowerArranger, Spring 2018’.This is the magazine of NAFAS. The information is detailed andconstructive.E-mail: flowers@nafas.org.uk.Tel: 020 7247 5567Whilst I would love to reproduce large chunks of these articles,I have to be careful of copyright restrictions. I don’t want to beediting the April magazine from a prison cell!Ruth19
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