Newsletter No.12: March 2011 Home as Your Own Creation

Newsletter No.12: March 2011

March 1st, 2011 Latonya Alvarado Leave a comment Go to comments

Spring is springing in deepest Somerset, although we’ve been working so hard it is rather passing us by. Over the last week we’ve been busy processing plug plant orders from our offer for Butterfly Conservation. The dogs need walking more and I keep putting off writing a book outline I MUST do. I did manage to get my act together enough to write a piece for the last weekend, which is always super exposure. I have also finally added some lovely on the website from Downderry Nursery.

Ethical Retailer awards We have entered the Observer ethical retailer awards – go on – as an online retailer!

Ponds We’ve finalized a day for this year’s wildlife pond creation day – 12th May. The course will again be tutored by pond guru Hugh Roberts, and we have a fab site in Redlynch, southeast Somerset, to develop. I’ve also posted a video of Matthew “Landscape Man” Wilson working on a project with our coir rolls and native marginal plants, which gives a helpful idea as to what we offer:

Meadowtastic It’s the time of year to be thinking of wildflower meadows – plugs and seed. Our launched with Hilliers last month and featuring at Chelsea, is going really well. We’ve had extensive media coverage and interest from other retail partners.

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