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A garden feature in the grounds of Wentworth Woodhouse, re-using a limestone doorway dating from about 1630. The feature is set in an overgrown earth mound, it has two storeys, and contains a curved tunnel leading to a circular vaulted chamber with a domed roof, and spiral steps leading to an upper landing.
A garden centre (Commonwealth English spelling; U.S. nursery or garden center) is a retail operation that sells plants and related products for the domestic garden as its primary business. It is a development from the concept of the retail plant nursery but with a wider range of outdoor products and on-site facilities.
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Wentworth is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham in South Yorkshire, England.. In the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 1,223, [2] increasing to 1,478 at the 2011 Census.
Wentworth Gardens opened in 1947 for returning World War II veterans and later thousands of low-income African American families in a tight-knit community. During the 1950s it was once labeled as “The best housing community in the city," until street gangs took over the buildings. [ 2 ]
Gardens Alive! hosts the print version of Mike McGrath's "Question of the Week" from the nationally syndicated weekly radio show, "You Bet Your Garden". [ 4 ] As of 2010, Gardens Alive! had annual sales of approximately $170 million and employed 400–450 people year round, and close to 1,000 at peak seasonal demand.
Dobbies Garden Centre, Aberdeen. The business was founded in 1865 by James Dobbie, who created a seeds business named Dobbie & Co. in Renfrew, Scotland.After being awarded the Royal Warrant for Gardeners and Nurserymen to the Royal Household, the company expanded into a seed catalogue business, where it built up a customer base of 50,000 over the following century.
King George V and Queen Mary visited south Yorkshire from 8 to 12 July 1912 and stayed at Wentworth Woodhouse for four days. The house party consisted of a large number of guests, including: Dr Cosmo Gordon Lang, the then-Archbishop of York; the Earl of Harewood and his Countess; the Marchioness of Londonderry; the Marquess of Zetland and Lady Zetland; the Earl of Scarborough and Lady ...