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27 February : ‘Preparing the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for the next hundred years: horticultural challenges in a changing environment.’ with Gareth Hardware

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This paper will explore the challenges and tasks facing the Commonwealth War Graves Commission in a changing world. For example, with many nations, and the wider public, now far more concerned about environmental protection, the use of pesticides is becoming increasingly problematic, and in many instances outlawed. Climate change, and trying to p…


'CWGC - Gardening the World; Architecture and Conservation by Alistair Baker'

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    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission features large in the story of the Great War today.  Particularly for any that undertake Battlefield trips.   Alistair is a volunteer speaker with the CWGC and tonight will give us two of their half hour talks.  This will complete the picture started by their previous speaker Tony Vart who told us about …