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18 HOME & GARDEN

HELP IN THE GARDEN
ROSES, ROSES
Pdft Seo#te For a high standard These next few weeks should see Knowing what to do with a garden
of work all the summer roses at their best. in West Swindon can cause a few
The fashion these days is turning headaches and unless you are fit,
with references available
Painter and Decorator away from the prim bedding quite a few back-aches as well.
phone now
Tel: Swindon 870515 for a FREE estimate. bushes in bright vermillions and The heavy soil, the battle-
orange. 'Old Roses' are the ground conditions left by builders
modern fancy, fed by nostalgic and the limited size of many
GARDEN STONEWARE watercolours of children in gardens offers a range of prob-
Edwardian pinafores playing in lems to be tackled. An alternative
TROUGHS * TUBS • ANIMALS BIRD BATHS
HALF BARRELS URNS lush flower gardens. The roses to doing it yourself, reading-up
bloom with balls of crumpled or just guessing, is talking to
From craftsman to you direct
Open: Saturday, Sunday and weekday evenings pink or crimson petals, some are somebody about it and perhaps
striped and splashed with white getting somebody to do the work
OAKLANDS ENTERPRISES
or deeper reds. These weigh down for you.
Braydon, Nr. Wootton Bassett
the tips of spreading (and flopp- West Swindon has its own ex-
Telephone: 0285 861 564
ing) wands of vigorous young pert in Steve Newstead who offers
growth. They disappoint their the complete garden service. He
owners in damp summers, when lives in the area and has been
V. the rain smashes the blooms, and working on gardens here for
in a good summer, their single nearly two years. His knowledge

PETSAT-HOME.:.: burst of flower is soon over. and advice will be invaluable to
I find these plants fascinating anyone who needs to discuss what
Worried about who will look after your and attractive but would not is to be done with their garden,
dream of growing most of them. whether it is brand new or in
pets whilst you're on holiday?
Definitely they are the sort of need of a change. He can be
plant you want to see in a 'visit- contacted on 873357.
PETS-A T- HOME could be your answer.
ing garden'; one of the best col-
lections is at Mottisfont Abbey PETS-AT-HOME
PETS-AT-HOME is a new service which X.
in Hampshire (owned by the

X.
cares for pets in their own home. National Trust). I hope the ru- PETS-AT-HOME is a new service for the
moured Rose Garden at Lydiard families in the West Swindon area who
Telephone Swindon (0793) 873062 Mansion will grow a good number worry about what will happen to their pets
whilst they're away on holiday. Run by
for further details. of these romatic roses. Sheila Mitchell of 38 Moresby Close.
July brings the holiday season Westlea, Swindon PETS-AT-HOME aims
and the sudden realisation that to care for pets in their own homes, giving
them loving care and attention until their
there will be a week, two weeks, owners return. All pets apart from dogs
in which the garden will be left will be cared for and PETS-AT-HOME
without attention. One easy will visit the pet's home either once or
solution is to ask your neighbours twice a day to ensure that the pets feeding
The garden and hygiene needs are catered for.
to water your hanging baskets, Sheila Mitchell has lived in West Swindon
to be pots and houseplants and run a for eighteen months with her husband who
proud planning mower over the lawn each week. is an Army Officer and their eleven year
of design Who knows, perhaps it could old daughter. The family have an enormous
gold fish and a cheeky black and white cat
construction turn into a mutually beneficial called Inky. Having agonized over what to
plant selection friendship. do with the family pets whilst on holiday
Lacking such friends, try taking Sheila Mitchell suddenly realised that there
your hanging basket down from was a gap in the pet care system which she
hopes PETS-AT-HOME will fill. Pets are
its hook and put it in a shaded, far more sensitive than many people realise
sheltered position where it will and they are far happier in their own sur-
THE not lose too much moisture. In- roundings and like their normal routines
COMPLETE GARDEN doors, fill your bath with news- maintained as far as possible. Whilst neigh-
SWINDON bours are very good about feeding pets it is
SERVICE print, damp it down, and put all
873357 not always convenient for them to be asked
Steve Newstead OND Hort. your potted plants into it. With and PETS-AT-HOME is the obvious
luck, they should survive until answer. For further details telephone
Swindon 873062.
your return.
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