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March 21, 2025March 21, 2025

Grounds Nursery Springing Into Life!

The campus is springing into life and so is the Grounds Nursery! So much excellent skilled work goes on behind the scenes; propagating and grafting […]

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February 10, 2021

Update on biological control treatment of Mealybugs

An update and photos from Drew, one of our amazing Horticultural Apprentices, on the biological treatment being carried out on the Ficus trees in The […]

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February 8, 2021

Ghostly going ons?

Ghostly going ons in The Forum? Don’t worry our Ficus trees haven’t turned into huge ghosts! The trees have a Mealybug infestation, so we are […]

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