Club beats weather with show

Club beats weather with show

The club's Stella Taylor said: “Despite the terrible gardening season and some miserable weather on the Friday evening and Saturday morning members trudged through the mud to bring in colossal cabbages, flowering fuchsias, immaculate onions many …
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B&Q owner sees profits plunge as Britons shirk gardening and outdoor projects …

B&Q in the UK and Ireland suffered a 6 per cent like-for-like sales decline to £2billion in the 26 weeks to July 28, as average footfall plunged 20 per cent in the very wet weeks. The wider group, which also owns tools supplier Screwfix as well as …
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Bumper autumn colour thanks to wet summer followed by warm spell

He said gardeners have never seen such growth during the summer, caused by the warm, wet weather allowing leaves to grow rather than the usual hot, dry climate forcing trees to shed foliage. Now the arrival of cold nights have prompted the first leaves …
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