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August 25, 2016

Cacti and banana in flower

The cacti are in the cacti beds outside Biosciences.  The banana is one of two flowering banana plants in Reed Walled Gardens.  If you do […]

Streatham by Mark
August 25, 2016

Green Flag Award celebrations

Our beautiful campuses at Streatham and St. Luke’s have once again been awarded the Green Flag Award this year and we are now proudly flying […]

Grounds by Mark
August 24, 2016

New seat in Reed

Our arborist, Nathan, has been getting creative with the stump of the Macrocarpa in the gardens of Reed Hall, that was blown down in storms […]

Streatham by Mark
July 28, 2016

Removal of dead tree at Reed

We have had to remove one of our specimen trees at Reed due to an infestation of the Great Spruce Bark Beetle.  Due to the nature […]

Streatham by Mark
July 26, 2016

New Horticultural Highlights brochures for 2016

Much excitement in the Grounds office – they’re here!  Full copies to download and view here.

Uncategorized by Mark
July 21, 2016

Green Flag Award 2016-2017

We are pleased to announce that we have been awarded the Green Flag Award again this year for both of our Exeter campuses. The Green […]

Grounds by Mark
July 21, 2016

Graduation – behind the scenes with Grounds

The run up to Graduation is a very busy time for the Grounds Team.  Many hours are put into making the grounds look their best […]

floristry by Mark
June 16, 2016

Wildflowers at St. Luke’s

St Luke's by Mark
June 16, 2016

Veitch Lamppost Trail

The gardens around Reed Hall were originally laid out by the Veitch Family of Nurserymen (more information on Veitch and Reed can be found on […]

Exeter by Mark
June 9, 2016

Robin chick

We have had a family of robins set up house in our Estate Services Centre.  Here is one of the chicks, looking very cute.

Streatham by Mark

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