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With a spring in our step

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  We are back to work after another lockdown and are so pleased to get going again on the garden grounds.  What a joy to see signs of spring everywhere in the garden and daffodils to cheer us up.   Now that we are back to work we can get working on tidying the flower beds and preparing for new projects.    We are so proud to have a wonderful donation of roses supplied by David Austin. The supplier has donated ten roses to help us develop the front garden of the hotel and to use plants that are traditional to reflect the setting of Chalk Farm Hotel. The rose project has been designed by our students and will help us to remember those we have lost but also to be a celebration of hope and beauty when the roses develop and flowers bloom into many colours. Our students had to clear and prepare the area first by digging out weeds and measuring the area.  We had to measure the ground also so that we would have enough space for each rose to grow. The roses are bareroot - We have learnt that yo