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26-05-2007, 02:26 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 2
| | | Hello from Swansea
Hi all, found this site whilst browsing information on plants, and decided to join up.
About me? Well, I'm male, 32, and live in, yep, you guessed, Swansea. I currently work as a garden centre supervisor, but am going to start studying horticulture this september. In addition to gardening I enjoy spending time outside, either parklands, wilderness, or formal gardens, and taking pictures (I'm a bit dated, still prefer 35mm). I also LOVE old books, and have a small, but increasing,collection of tomes on horticulture dating from 1900 to 1930, which I find fascinating, as there is a lot of pre-chemical information in them.
Anything else you want to know, just ask. I'll try posting someof my pictures later on (got some lovely shots of Clyne gardens, and some nice BnW of Aberglasney)
Del |
26-05-2007, 03:42 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sunny Doncaster
Posts: 4,328
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Welcome to the site Del.
Nice to have you with us |
26-05-2007, 04:21 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ijmuiden, Holland
Posts: 1,937
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Hello Del and a very warm welcome. I love garden centres and nurseries and never happier when I am wandering round with my list - ok Im lugging my list around its so heavy 
How exciting to start studying hoticulture - good luck, Im sure it will be as great as I imagine.
It must be lovely to have your old books, it seems an increasingly popular to restore old garden to how they were pre war or when they were first designed with help of old plans and records - fancy being in on something like that  Have you come across any Gertrude Jekyll books yet - what an inspiration she was - I love her gardening style, but I see you are more in to formal design.
Oh well I could go on all day - I only came on to say hello  Hello and welcome! |
26-05-2007, 04:22 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: New Milton, Hampshire
Posts: 2,991
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Hi Del. |
26-05-2007, 04:40 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Laindon, Basildon, Essex.
Posts: 2,385
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Hello Del
Welcome to WAB.
I am sure you will be pleased that you signed up.
Richard |
26-05-2007, 04:47 PM
| | New Member | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 2
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Thank's all for the welcome, I'm sure I'll have fun here.
Oh, and Richard, before moving to Swansea I lived in Rushley Park, small area between Felmores, Burnt Mills, and Pitsea. Small world, eh? |
26-05-2007, 04:52 PM
| | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Laindon, Basildon, Essex.
Posts: 2,385
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
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Originally Posted by swanseadel  Thank's all for the welcome, I'm sure I'll have fun here.
Oh, and Richard, before moving to Swansea I lived in Rushley Park, small area between Felmores, Burnt Mills, and Pitsea. Small world, eh? | Small world indeed .
I live about 2 or 3 miles from those locations and Wat Tyler Country Park is my local patch (hence the blog).
Richard |
26-05-2007, 07:10 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Willingham, Cambs
Posts: 927
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Welcome Del
Although a Sais, I lived in Derwen Fawr for 23 years overlooking Clyne Valley. We loved the area including Clyne Gardens which are in a class of their own. I was also a WILLIE -a member of the Woodman Inn Liquid Libation and Interesting Evening Society. Dai the Dragon comes from across the Loughor but is a nice bloke for all that.
Colin |
26-05-2007, 08:19 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Llanelli, Carms, S.Wales
Posts: 977
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Hi Del and welcome to WAB. Nice to see some foreigners on here.
Dai |
27-05-2007, 06:21 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Lancashire.
Posts: 1,012
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Hi Del,
A warm welcome to WAB, looking forward to your posts and photos.
Carol.
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27-05-2007, 09:23 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sheffield
Posts: 4,838
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Hi Del and a very warm welcome to WAB from me too. Enjoy!
John |
27-05-2007, 07:02 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Foulness Island. Essex
Posts: 173
| | | Re: Hello from Swansea
Enjoy the site Del, it is a friendly one
Martin | |
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