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Originally Posted by susie123
The rose garden is pretty - are they hoping to grow climbers up those arches? At Cranborne House in Wiltshire where they sell a lot of old roses, they had a bed with ropes slung between pillars about 10ft high, with roses trained along them. It was lovely and something I always wanted to emulate but never had the space.
Must be sad for you seeing your old workplace neglected - I wonder if you ever worked in Milnshaw Park, that is very depressing these days.
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Part of my apprenticeship was served at Milnshaw Park, in the days when all the grass was cut every week the paths were swept every Friday. There was also a long Dahlia bed that took a lot of time staking and tying the plants in. Three greenhouses full of plants, cold frames, and a smelly coke boiler that had to be "stoked" and the clinker raked out. That was the job of the apprentice. All gone now.
The rose garden is still in its early stages, it depends on the maintenance as to whether it thrives or gets overgrown, as the site is now unmanned, I'm not sure who will do it ?