Planting Guildford Castle Grounds - seasonal display
Video showing the work that goes into planting Guildford Castle Grounds.
Guildford Borough Council's Head Gardener describes how the team of gardeners empty flower beds and plant the new seasonal displays twice a year at the Castle Grounds in Guildford.
We also hear from the Parks and Leisure Manager and visitors to the Guildford Castle Grounds.
The theme for summer 2015 is Alice in Wonderland, celebrating 150 years since its publication. Lewis Carroll was resident in Guildford near to the Castle Grounds.
Guildford Castle Grounds is just one of Guildford Borough Council's Green Flag sites, you can find out more at
Places to see in ( Alton - UK )
Places to see in ( Alton - UK )
Alton is a market town and civil parish in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. Alton is located across a valley on the source of the River Wey. . The town is famous for its connection with Sweet Fanny Adams.
The town of Alton was recorded in the Domesday Survey of 1086 under the name Aoltone and was notable for having the most valuable market recorded therein. The Battle of Alton occurred in the town during the English Civil War. The town contains three secondary schools and its own railway station.
Alton is between Farnham 9 miles (14 km) to the northeast and Winchester 16 miles (26 km) to the southwest. London is 52 miles (84 km). Nearby Brockham Hill, situated 3.5 miles (5.6 kilometres) northeast of Alton, rises to 225 metres (738 feet) above sea level.
The nearby village of Bentworth is the highest village in Hampshire.
Alton was famous in the 18th century for the manufacture of paper. Alton has businesses in the retail and service sectors in the centre of the town, and over a hundred businesses in the four industrial areas of Mill Lane, Newman Lane, Caker Stream and Omega Park, ranging from light industrial to computer software production.
Alton WordFest is a celebration of the spoken and written word held in late September or early October each year. Alton WordFest has hosted The Pint Pot of Fire - a story-telling competition among champions representing writers' circles, public speaking groups and oral-tradition story-telling clubs from around the area. The Pint Pot of Fire has run annually since 2005 and was formerly held in Guildford (2005) and Farnham (2006–2009).
The Allen Gallery serves as Alton's art gallery. It houses a large, permanent ceramics collection as well as temporary exhibitions.
Holybourne Theatre is on the site of a former Nissen hut that was converted into a theatre by German prisoners-of-war during World War II. Alton Morris was formed in 1979, and have been Morris Dancing both in the United Kingdom and abroad. They often perform at Alton street events.
The Alton Independent Cinema Project was formed in May 2011 to help secure the future of independent cinema in the town. Alton Maltings was renovated in 2004-5 and is now the home of Harvest Church and is used by community groups, charities, private users and other organisations throughout the week. The Alton Maltings claims to be the widest wooden spanned building in Hampshire.
Alton Library was rebuilt in 2005 to a design by the County Council Architects. The new library contains a lending library, reference library, computer facilities and a cafe. The Curtis Museum was founded in 1856 by Dr William Curtis and houses one of the finest local history collections in Hampshire. The Town Gardens contains a bandstand (built in 1935 for the Silver Jubilee of King George V). Anstey Park, is a large open space with playing fields and a small children's playground
Alton station is on the National Rail network at the end of the Alton Line with a service to London Waterloo. Alton railway station also serves as a terminus for the Mid Hants Railway commonly called 'The Watercress Line', a restored steam railway running between Alton and New Alresford, so called because it used to be used to transport fresh watercress to London. The origins of the Watercress Line date back to 1861, the year in which Parliament granted consent for what was then known as the 'Alton, Alresford and Winchester Railway'. Alton used to be a railway junction. As well as the Mid-Hants Railway, from 1903 to 1955 the Meon Valley Railway ran from Alton down the Meon Valley to join the Eastleigh to Fareham line at Fareham. The Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway ran north to Basingstoke.
( Alton - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Alton . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Alton - UK
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Stoke Road, Stoke D'abernon, Cobham, Surrey, KT11
Property Description
• Master suite with his & her walk-in wardrobes
• 4 further bedrooms (3 en-suite)
• Vaulted Entrance Hall
• Substantial Kitchen/breakfast room with Glazed Atrium
• Guest Self-Contained Annex
• 4 Bay Garage (heated)
• Staff Self Contained Annex
• South Facing Garden
• Solar-Heated Outdoor Swimming Pool
The careful blend of magnificent vaulted ceilings and original oak beams with luxurious, highly efficient modern technology and well- designed, versatile living spaces make this a unique property indeed. Although the vast spaces give an overall impression of grandeur, the original oak beams, inglenook fireplace and warm toned stone floors create a cosy living atmosphere. A galleried TV/Cinema area, a library, a home office and cosy lounge/sitting area next to the open fire offer flexible living space for all the family. Entertaining up to 40 diners would be no problem in the enormous main dinning space which has a spectacular size glass door opening out onto the sunny garden and terracing. The glazed atrium fills the kitchen with light. There is a well-designed breakfast area and breakfast bar, with TV snug. This magnificent kitchen can easily cater for large parties with a huge 8 ring griddle range cooker, complete with 2 large ovens, a wine cooler, extensive wine storage, built in microwave combi oven and 3 fridges.
Technology
High efficiency condensing boilers
Fitted Intruder Detection
Air-con to some rooms
Underfloor heating
Water booster system for great showers
The Gardens and Grounds:
The approach to Upper Manor Barn is along a pretty rose hedged gravel driveway. Impressive automated gates open on to a generous paved courtyard with parking for 10 cars. The 4 bay garage (with under-floor heating), also has a gardener's washroom and toilet. There is a self-contained annex above with its own entrance. The heated orangery/gym leads out to a leisure pool with swim jet pump - heated by both solar and high efficiency condensing boiler.
Outdoor dining under a pergola next to the pool makes this area perfect for summer days with family and friends. The main gardens are a sun trap, sheltered from wind by walls and hedging which enclose well-tended lawns, a variety of fruit trees, roses and well-established shrubs. The barbeque patio is also south facing; in fact the entire outdoor space seems designed to enhance family lifestyle and leisure and for entertaining large or small groups indoors or out.
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County of London
The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London. It was created as part of the general introduction of elected county government in England, by way of the Local Government Act 1888. The Act created an administrative County of London, which included within its territory the City of London. However, the City of London and the County of London formed separate counties for non-administrative purposes. The local authority for the county was the London County Council (LCC), which initially performed only a limited range of functions, but gained further powers during its 76-year existence. The LCC provided very few services within the City of London, where the ancient Corporation monopolised local governance, as it still does. In 1900 the lower-tier civil parishes and district boards were replaced with 28 new metropolitan boroughs. The territory of the county was 74,903 acres (303.12 km2) in 1961. During its existence there was a long-term decline in population as more residents moved into the outer suburbs; there were periodic reviews of the local government structures in the greater London area and several failed attempts to expand the boundaries of the county. In 1965, the London Government Act 1963 replaced the county with the much larger Greater London administrative area.
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Cherkley Court
Cherkley Court and its gardens near Leatherhead in Surrey were restored from 1999-2006 - with the help of a blank cheque.
It was the Grade 2 listed family home of multi-millionaire Sir Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook the newspaper magnate and Cabinet Minister. In its heyday of the mid 20th century, he used to entertain on a grand scale with such notable guests and friends as Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Rudyard Kipling. The building has its own purpose-built cinema, library and collection of newspaper cartoons. This video shows the springtime views over the Mole gap towards Ranmore Common, the formal gardens and fountains, the new folly - a shell grotto, the kitchen garden and beehives, alongside the splendid architectural details of the restored mansion and a flag (with a red chicken?) flying above it.
It is located just by the Beaverbrook roundabout, named after him.
Cowdray ruins drone flight
Flight over Cowdray ruins, Midhurst, West Sussex
READING MUSEUM & ABBEY - Meridian News (ITV), 1993
A piece on Reading Abbey and the re-opening of Reading Museum.
George II of Great Britain
George II (George Augustus; German: Georg II. August; 30 October / 9 November 1683O.S./N.S. – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death.
George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain: he was born and brought up in northern Germany. In 1701, his grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, became second in line to the British throne after about 50 Catholics higher in line were excluded by the Act of Settlement, which restricted the succession to Protestants. After the deaths of Sophia and Anne, Queen of Great Britain, in 1714, his father George I, Elector of Hanover, inherited the British throne. In the first years of his father's reign as king, George was associated with opposition politicians, until they re-joined the governing party in 1720.
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2010-12-12 Alaaddin on ice
Alaaddin on ice, Spectrum, Guildford, UK
Aerial Views of Alamance Battleground - Burlington, NC
In 1771, an armed group of backcountry farmers calling themselves Regulators battled with royal governor William Tryon's militia on land now preserved at Alamance Battleground State Historic Site. Growing anger over expensive land, embezzlement of tax money, and collusion between creditors and public officials led small farmers in piedmont North Carolina to form associations, write petitions, and seek peaceful redress of their grievances. A lack of response from the royal government only deepened the Regulators' resolve, and rising frustration later gave way to violence. The Regulator movement ended with their defeat at Alamance, but their struggle sent shockwaves through North Carolina and Colonial America, creating tensions that would reignite during the American War for Independence.
Located on the grounds of the site is the Allen House, a log dwelling characteristic of those lived in by backcountry farmers on the western fringes of the colony in this period.
5803 S. NC Highway 62
Burlington, North Carolina 27215
Timelapse : Largest Living Wall in North America (Green over Grey)
Installation timelapse of North America's Largest Living Wall (aka Green Wall, Vertical Garden or Mur Vegetal) by Green over Grey.
Location : Surrey, British Columbia, Canada (Guildford Town Centre).
Size : 10,150 square feet, double sided. Over 50,000 individual plants, mostly native to British Columbia.
Designer / installer : greenovergrey.com
This unique, award winning installation is made of 100 % recycled materials.
Woven in Time - A History of wool in Yorkshire
Having survived war, revolution, and social upheaval; Merino wool was almost lost to the ravages of man-made fibres. Now it's making a comeback.
Woven in Time explores the fascinating history and remarkable qualities of Merino wool and follow its journey as it's transformed into beautifully woven fabric.
Videos of fights point to alleged school bullying problem
Girls in two cellphone videos taken at Dillard High School say they are victims of bullying at the school, and that the Broward County School Board isn't doing enough to stop it.
1980s UK, Surrey, Great Windsor Park, Totem Pole, Home Movies
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1980s UK, Surrey, Great Windsor Park, Totem Pole, Home Movies
Collins Avenue A1A: Great Streets of the Art Deco District
MDPL Presents our Spring 2019 Speaker Series:
Great Streets of the Art Deco District
40 years after the Art Deco District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, we're highlighting the great streets of the district that have helped it to become an internationally known arts, culture, tourism, and heritage capital.
Join us on Collins Avenue for an evening of reminiscing about its past, present, and future.
Speakers include:
Peggy Benua, Director at the Dream Hotel
Allan Shulman, Principal at Shulman + Associates
George Neary, Culture & Tourism
Moderator: Jeff Donnelly, Public Historian
Filmed at the Art Deco Wing of the Betsy Hotel, 1433 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL, 33139
A3 Garden Maintenance Leatherhead Guildford Godalming a3.Gardener easy gardening
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For low-maintenance plots, there are two aspects to consider, namely what you grow and how you grow it. When it comes to choosing low-maintenance crops, opt for winter squashes, drying beans, chillies, maincrop potatoes, rhubarb, globe and Jerusalem artichokes, beetroot, carrots, kale, onions, garlic, shallots, perpetual spinach and chard. All these crops, once planted, require a quick weed and water now and then, and no mollycoddling. If you don't religiously water any of the above, chances are that, when you do eventually visit the plot, there will be something for you to harvest, and it will be of good edible quality (OK, so yields might not be huge, but what did you expect?).
That's half the secret: choosing crops that won't spoil if you don't harvest them at a fleeting peak. Peas, sweetcorn, radishes, broad, French and runner beans, courgettes and calabrese are also low-maintenance but their harvest window is brief, so you've got to visit the plot every few days to pick your moment. This year's wet weather has given me the most low-input, high-output beetroot ever – they've been brilliant. Parsley, mint, oregano, thyme and chives are good candidates too.
A lovely low-maintenance garden
Less work doesn't mean you can’t achieve something lovely
How to...
Stephen Lacey
12:02AM BST 12 Apr 2007 Self-sufficient shrubs
Make a tapestry from bulbs – snowdrops, scillas and daffodils – and perennials.
Avoid extremely thuggish plants – mint, for instance – which quickly get out of control and don’t partner varieties of very different habit and vigour.
Jobs to do now - Deal with weeds in borders and paths, hoeing out seedlings and forking out perennial weeds, before they have a chance to spread, seed and become a serious problem. Wait until more noxious weeds are in full leaf before spraying them.
Spread a couple of inches of mulch – garden or mushroom compost, leaves and leafmould, bark or gravel – over beds, after a good soaking of rain, to conserve moisture and suppress weed growth.
Think about converting grass paths to bark or gravel. If you have already done so, check whether the levels need topping up.
Stay vigilant and nip pest and disease problems in the bud to save major work later. Put up sticky whitefly traps in conservatories, use organic soapy pesticides outside, and give roses a preventative fungicide spray against blackspot if they are susceptible varieties.
Trouble-shoot in borders. Reduce any plants that look to be encroaching too much on their neighbours, and stake anything that is going to need support.
Plant up any empty patches of soil, which will otherwise be invaded by weeds. By June, there shouldn’t be any bare soil visible in your garden.
Low-maintenance plant recipes
Dry soil in sun
Blue-leaved euphorbia, orange berberis, emerald hebe, silver phlomis, red sedum, spring bulbs and spiky yucca.
Average soil in sun
Scented viburnum and philadelphus, species shrub roses underplanted with hardy geraniums, blue agapanthus and woolly-leaved stachys.
Moist soil in sun
Red-stemmed cornus, amelanchier blossom, feathery astilbe, Iris sibirica , white leucojum, and purple-leaved ligularia.
Dry soil in shade
Golden yew, variegated holly, scented yellow mahonia, ferns, periwinkle and a giant hosta in a half-barrel.
Average soil in shade
Camellia, scented sarcococca, black-leaved ophiopogon, white Japanese anemone and hardy red fuchsia.
Moist soil in shade
Bamboo, hydrangea, creamy aruncus, low-growing comfrey and variegated ground elder.
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Aerial shots of tulip fields, Sassenheim, Netherlands
Spectacular striped tulip fields
Weird and wonderful nominations for the 2015 Shed of the Year Competition
Volunteers collect the ceramic poppies from the Tower of London.
Grow your own all winter
Quinces
Preserving your garden's bounty
The Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew have beefed up security Garden expert,
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George II of Great Britain | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
George II of Great Britain
00:02:23 1 Early life
00:04:16 2 Marriage
00:06:56 3 Prince of Wales
00:07:05 3.1 Quarrel with the king
00:09:31 3.2 Political opposition
00:11:20 4 Early reign
00:13:53 5 Family problems
00:17:32 6 War and rebellion
00:22:26 7 Later life
00:23:38 7.1 Seven Years' War
00:26:13 7.2 Death
00:27:16 8 Legacy
00:30:31 9 Titles, styles and arms
00:30:41 9.1 Titles and styles
00:31:49 9.2 Arms
00:32:17 10 Issue
00:32:34 11 Ancestry
00:32:43 12 Notes
00:34:08 13 Sources
00:34:16 14 Bibliography
00:37:17 15 Further reading
00:38:45 16 External links
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago.
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
- Socrates
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George II (George Augustus; German: Georg II. August; 30 October / 9 November 1683O.S./N.S. – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.
George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain: he was born and brought up in northern Germany. His grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, became second in line to the British throne after about 50 Catholics higher in line were excluded by the Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of Union 1707, which restricted the succession to Protestants. After the deaths of Sophia and Anne, Queen of Great Britain, in 1714, his father George I, Elector of Hanover, inherited the British throne. In the first years of his father's reign as king, George was associated with opposition politicians, until they rejoined the governing party in 1720.
As king from 1727, George exercised little control over British domestic policy, which was largely controlled by the Parliament of Great Britain. As elector, he spent twelve summers in Hanover, where he had more direct control over government policy. He had a difficult relationship with his eldest son, Frederick, who supported the parliamentary opposition. During the War of the Austrian Succession, George participated at the Battle of Dettingen in 1743, and thus became the last British monarch to lead an army in battle. In 1745, supporters of the Catholic claimant to the British throne, James Francis Edward Stuart (The Old Pretender), led by James's son Charles Edward Stuart (The Young Pretender or Bonnie Prince Charlie), attempted and failed to depose George in the last of the Jacobite rebellions. Frederick died unexpectedly in 1751, nine years before his father, so George II was ultimately succeeded by his grandson, George III.
For two centuries after George II's death, history tended to view him with disdain, concentrating on his mistresses, short temper, and boorishness. Since then, most scholars have reassessed his legacy and conclude that he held and exercised influence in foreign policy and military appointments.
7 garden design ideas from beautiful private gardens
Garden design ideas from four private gardens that are never open to the public. Tips for garden fencing, garden gates, sculpture, trees and using favourite plants.
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MAD TV Feature: LRC Construction Update
George finds out all about the large construction site outside the library. Want to know what will be in the new Learning Resource Centre (LRC) building? How is construction going to progress from here? You will! And see a computer mock-up of how the LRC will be built, available to the public for the first time!
Weston Park
An intimate portrait of one of Britain's finest stately homes told by those who work there.