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The UK's best tree for climbing
Children having a go a tree climbing at Dinefwr
To celebrate the launch of our 2013 list of 50 things to do before you’re 11 3/4, we have identified the best places around the UK for outdoor adventures, including the greatest tree to climb.
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Restoration of rare 18th-century garden completed
A rare example of an 18th-century garden in Northamptonshire has been restored and transformed follo...
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‘Stop the Spread’ garden wins silver at Chelsea
The Food & Environment Research Agency’s (Fera) show garden, 'Stop the Spread', supported by the Nat...
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Brownlee Triathlon at Fountains Abbey
World-beating triathlete brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee are to host their first ever triathlon...
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Plant health recommendations welcomed
We welcome the recommendations put to the government by an independent task force, with the emphasis on simpler, stronger regulation and better security at our borders.
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Late spring delays bluebells
Due to the very cold start to the year, peak bluebell flowering may be delayed until mid May or later.
Some bluebell ‘stands’ or carpets are decades or even centuries old and their appearance is often seen as signalling the start of the British bloom leading to summer.
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Vita's private wedding trousseau
Two new exhibitions have just opened at Sissinghurst Castle, in Kent, revealing part of Vita Sackville-West’s wedding trousseau for the first time and a never-seen-before poem to one of her female lovers.
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£3.5 million investment in clean energy
We've launched a plan to provide clean energy to 43 of our historic places, with Good Energy.
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Chelsea Flower Show 2013
We're supporting the Food and Environment Research Agency’s (Fera’s) groundbreaking Show Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, 21-25 May 2013.