Gillian Gee

Gillian Gee

I am Gill and live in lovely East Devon, taking care of half an acre of garden, along with my husband, Stephen.  
Today I have been spring cleaning the greenhouse, in full Genus kit.  In this photo, I am tidying up a lime tree from the greenhouse which has suffered rather in frosts over the winter.
Gillian

Exceptional trees - Savernake Forest's Big Belly Oak

Located in Wiltshire’s Savernake Forest, The Big Belly Oak, a millennium-old giant, really is a living witness to English history.  This sessile oak, Quercus petraea, was named among 50 Great...
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The plants around us - bamboo

From fishing rods, to cooking utensils, sunglasses to flooring, bamboo has a multitude of uses.  In recent years bamboo products have been appearing in shops offering a sustainable alternative to...
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Modern heroes of horticulture - Harriet Rycroft

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