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This charming ornamental Cherry delights with clusters of semi-double blush pink flowers, illuminating any mild winter’s day. Flowering from late autumn to early spring on bare branches, its leaves turn yellow in autumn before falling.

If you want to find out what you should be doing in your garden this month (February, 2015) then come and visit us for free expert advice, during our Gardeners' Group.

You can get some handy grow your own advice during our seed and spud spectacular weekend on  Saturday 21st February and Sunday 22nd February during normal garden centre opening hours.

It’s not too late to take up a new hobby, so if you fancy having a go at knitting then come along to one of our monthly knitting clubs in our Craft Centre.

It’s always nice to have a variety of plants indoors over winter to brighten up your surroundings, but they need to be properly cared for in order to survive.

On Thursday I was invited once again to judge at Somerset College.  It is the fifth time I have done so, and it is always a pleasure to see everyone there. Foundation Learning Students were given the task of making a 3D model based on Somerset College.  Students were tasked with the challenge of creating their vision on areas around the College grounds.  This included their vocational areas: Art had to design their vision on the new Art Building. Health and Social Care designed a vision on a play area, Catering a vision on an area suitable to use for holding functions and Construction students redesigned a piece of college waste land. The standard this year was the highest ever - so much thought had been put into the designs, first on paper and then in 3D.  So judging was tough!  I had to take into consideration use of materials, imagination and presentation amongst the criteria which isn’t easy when every students work was so different....