Sunlight breaking through the trees in the New Forest
Sparsholt College has officially opened its £500,000 Salmonid Rearing and Trials Centre, a unique teaching facility in the UK. Winchester and Chandler’s Ford MP Steve Brine and Robert Hughes from the UK and Ireland’s largest aquaculture feeds producer Skretting, who is also a leading figure, ambassador and campaigner for the UK Trout industry, unveiled the […]
The 2013 Chelsea Flower Show will again have a significant Hortus Loci stamp of excellence on tens of thousands of the plants supplied for the top show gardens, smaller gardens and many of the star trade stands including Alitex and Gaze Burvill who are collaborating for 2013. With just over one year of trading under […]
In typical Hardy’s style, plans are well under way for their grand pavilion display for the 2013 Chelsea Flower Show. This show will be especially important to Rosy and Rob as they will be celebrating their own quarter of a century as one of Britain’s most celebrated herbaceous perennial nurseries. Continual winners of coveted RHS […]
Hampshire’s Alex Thomson has come third in the world’s toughest sailing challenge – the Vendée Globe solo non-stop, around-the-world race. The sailor from Gosport crossed the finish line at 7.25am in Les Sables d’Olonne, France, on 30th January. He had spent 80 days, 19 hours and 23 minutes at sea. His achievement sent him into […]
The Bond in Motion exhibition at Beaulieu National Motor Museum features 50 original vehicles used in the James Bond films to celebrate 50 years of 007. It’s the largest official collection of James Bond vehicles.
The Hawk Conservancy Trust, Andover, challenged local businesses to get directly involved in bird of prey conservation by participating in the ‘Nest Box Challenge’ event to support wild Kestrels. Teams of local businesses were tasked with erecting 106 artificial Kestrel nest boxes over a 48 hour period. The Kestrel is one of Britain’s most popular […]
Visitors to the newly revamped and revitalized Whitewater Nursery near Hook in Hampshire have access to more than 4000 plants courtesy of the affiliation with sister enterprise Hortus Loci, however there is one particular plant that has got the team at Hortus Loci/Whitewater very excited. Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Whitewater Silver’ is being prepared to debut at […]
The Hampshire countryside and Sparsholt College’s Equine Centre provided a beautiful backdrop for the Australian Paralympic Equestrian Team, as their horses were put through their paces, demonstrating to many dressage fans and special guests their Freestyle Tests for the forthcoming Paralympic Games. The team have chosen Sparsholt College’s Equine Centre for their staging camp whilst […]
