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Steph has been a keen gardener for many years. Gardening is her passion, from growing new plants from seed or cuttings to climbing ladders and tackling overgrown climbers! A very keen Plants Woman who love's to create varied and interesting planting schemes which can bring year long pleasure. In 2004, Steph was trained by the institute of 'Women Returners' run by the Women’s Farm & Garden Association, which meant spending 3 days a week training with the Head Gardener of Appleton Manor near Oxford. Gaining hands-on experience in every aspect of gardening from design and border layout (garden designed by Chelsea Gold Medal holder Arne Maynard) to vegetable growing, lawn maintenance, pruning of shrubs, trees and hedges and propagation, this was an ideal opportunity to test her ideas, schemes and techniques. She then spent a further 18 months there expanding her extensive knowledge and experience and also took on additional gardens and challenges closer to home.
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