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Top 100 UK gardens: Highdown gardens full tour and review

Deep in the West Sussex countryside, Highdown gardens has an enormous amount of horticultural history attached to it and rightly so. Originally a working chalk quarry it was purchased by Sir Frederick Stern in 1909 who, against the advice of the contemporary leading horticulturists created what would have been a world class garden in the wonderful countryside of what is now the South Downs national park.  Groundbreaking in his attempt to grow anything he could get his hands in his chalky soils, he managed to prove many of those around him wrong. Over the years he published several books on chalk gardens, on peonies and snowdrops and part-funding expeditions to China to bring back yet more exotic plants to try out at Highdown. He was rewarded the Royal Horticultural Society’s Victoria Medal and became vice president of said organisation. He was chairman of the John Innes Horticultural Institute from 1947 to 1961 and vice-president and treasurer of the Linnean Society from 1941 to 1...

Mobile App Development: Important Facts You Should Know

Read ing this article can help you understand some important facts about mobile app development. Whether you’re a startup or an existing business venture, having a mobile app is great for your business. This claim has been supported by a number of reasons. Of course, the general reason is that there are a lot of smartphone and smart devices users globally at present. Those people can’t live a single day without using their smartphone for mobile searching. They search whatever product they may need or want using a small gadget. According to eMarketer , every smartphone user in the U.S. can spend 7 hours, 50 minutes approximately for digital platforms or media. Out of 7 hours and 50 minutes, 2 hours and 11 minutes on average are spent for mobile apps alone. The rest is for mobile web browsers and social media channels. With these statistical data, it can be inferred that attracting mobile phone users is the best decision you can have if you want your business to prosper dramatically. Ram...