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SNOWDROPS IN LINCOLNSHIRE
IN SEARCH of
SNOWDROPS The sight of the diminutive snowdrop is always a welcome one as it signals that spring is just around the corner. This year the presence of these little white gems will be especially wellreceived as the sign of a new season, warmer weather and hopefully an end to lockdown! Words: Rob Davis.
THE BEST LAID PLANS of mice and men gang aft a-gley, said the poet Robert Burns, who will be celebrated at (private) Burn’s Night suppers as Pride goes to press. Also due to be celebrated at this time of year is the snowdrop, that diminutive white flower that heralds the end of winter and the coming of spring. This year, the flower was also due to herald the end of Covid, and of social distancing, lockdowns and so on, but alas, with this edition written and completed prior to Christmas – complete with a guide to where you could see blankets of snowdrops locally throughout February – a fresh set of measures to curb the virus, including lockdown, has necessitated a hasty rewrite of these pages from the Editor’s dining room table. In Search of Snowdrops...
Happily, we rarely need to do little more than look out of the window of our domestic prison cells to appreciate the snowdrop; it’s prolific and can be seen in our gardens, on verges and in woodland during even the most local of dog walks. And so, the snowdrop – which will make its appearance as Pride goes to press and remain a feature of our outside spaces at least until mid-March, could still usher in an era when Covid restrictions are lifted, when spring comes along and when life begins to return to normality. The Basics...
One man who knows all about snowdrops of Keith Weed, who, despite his amusingly ironic name, is president of the RHS and thus responsible for championing all of the stuff that should be in your garden, not the stuff that shouldn’t... >> Main: Snowdrop taken by Fred Cholmeley of Easton Walled Gardens... a great recommendation as a place to see snowdrops, we highly recommend visiting the garden once lockdown is lifted!
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