Tag Archives: Gardening

Powis Castle Nursery – Case study update (How’s our PV doing?)

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

I was over at Powis Castle last Friday for a catch up meeting on all things environmental with Shane the property manager. Thought that I would take the opportunity to see how the nursery photovoltaic system was doing whilst I … Continue reading →

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National Trust Environmental Standard for Parks and Gardens

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Those of you who regularly follow the blog will remember that Keith and I have been working with our gardens teams across Wales in order to assess our operations in line with the “National Trust Environmental Standard for Parks and … Continue reading →

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How does your garden grow?

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

As a conservation charity the National Trust has sustainable practice at its very core. Our gardens provide the ideal examples not only of how environmental sustainability is achieved through all that we do, but also how we engage and excite … Continue reading →

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Gardens getting thirsty – what do you do?

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

The short dry bit of weather we are experiencing is again exposing the fragility in our water storage and some of the nonsense around using some of the worlds highest quality drinking water in the UK to feed plants or even flush a toilet. … Continue reading →

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Powis Nursery – Energy neutral project phase 1

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

  Thanks to nPower’s support Phase 1 of developing an energy self-sufficient plant nurseries has now been completed following the commissioning of ground source heat pump to meet the needs of the commercial plant nursery at Powis castle near Welshpool. The system has been … Continue reading →

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