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Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Lack of 'desire' to revitalise growing industry
There is not enough interest to keep the horticultural industry going in Guernsey, a local expert says. Raymond Evison, president of the Guernsey Botanical Trust and founder of Guernsey Clematis, said: "I very much hope that the horticultural industry could start up again but I don't think there is the desire for that to happen. "It is very sad when you fly into the island and see so many redundant glasshouses." Mr Evison said it was often simply too expensive and difficult to maintain or rebuild the structures for most. Guernsey used to be famous for tomato exports, but, since the collapse of the industry, many greenhouses have fallen into disrepair. Work to rebuild the glasshouses at the Sausmarez Park Walled Kitchen Garden began in 2007 and the overall £200,000 cost had matched funding from the States of Guernsey. The next round of maintenance is due at a cost of £30,000 to £35,000 to the Guernsey Botanical Trust. Mr Evison said Guernsey was "ideal for growing young plants" and that he had tried to encourage his friends from Europe to come to the island to start a horticultural business, but it had not worked out. He added the time for a booming growing industry "has gone". Sarah Alfadl, chair of Edible Guernsey, which runs a community greenhouse in St Pierre du Bois, said: "We need to think about the preservation and the revitalisation of some, though not all, greenhouses." She added that the growing industry could help solve a lot of issues, including improving the shelf life of products and reducing waste. The charity said it was currently looking for a second greenhouse in a more populated area to help revitalise another site. More news stories for Guernsey Listen to the latest news for Guernsey Follow BBC Guernsey on X and Facebook and Instagram. Send your story ideas to Historic glasshouse restoration works to begin Plea to turn derelict greenhouses into new housing Build park homes on old greenhouses - ex deputy Guernsey Botanical Trust Edible Guernsey
BBC News
15-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'There's no desire to revitalise Guernsey's growing industry'
There is not enough interest to keep the horticultural industry going in Guernsey, a local expert Evison, president of the Guernsey Botanical Trust and founder of Guernsey Clematis, said: "I very much hope that the horticultural industry could start up again but I don't think there is the desire for that to happen."It is very sad when you fly into the island and see so many redundant glasshouses."Mr Evison said it was often simply too expensive and difficult to maintain or rebuild the structures for most. Guernsey used to be famous for tomato exports, but, since the collapse of the industry, many greenhouses have fallen into to rebuild the glasshouses at the Sausmarez Park Walled Kitchen Garden began in 2007 and the overall £200,000 cost had matched funding from the States of next round of maintenance is due at a cost of £30,000 to £35,000 to the Guernsey Botanical Evison said Guernsey was "ideal for growing young plants" and that he had tried to encourage his friends from Europe to come to the island to start a horticultural business, but it had not worked added the time for a booming growing industry "has gone". Sarah Alfadl, chair of Edible Guernsey, which runs a community greenhouse in St Pierre du Bois, said: "We need to think about the preservation and the revitalisation of some, though not all, greenhouses."She added that the growing industry could help solve a lot of issues, including improving the shelf life of products and reducing charity said it was currently looking for a second greenhouse in a more populated area to help revitalise another site.
BBC News
19-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
Gardens in Duns open to public for first time in over 40 years
A historic walled garden and glasshouses in the Borders are to open to the public for the first time in more than 40 last public viewing at the site now run by The Hugo Burge Foundation (HBF) near Duns was in foundation is taking part in Scotland's Garden Scheme which encourages owners to open their gardens to raise money for part of the initiative, the walled gardens and glasshouses will be open every Friday afternoon in July and August. The glasshouses were built in the early 20th Century by Mackenzie and Moncur, who counted Queen Victoria among their estate owner at the time, Robert Finnie McEwan, commissioned the company to design and build them as part of a grand development plan for the house and fell into disrepair before the late Hugo Burge financed their restoration and are now at the heart of the work of the foundation which carries his name. Head gardener Toby Loveday said: "The driving force behind opening the gardens is to allow people to appreciate our beautiful surroundings at the peak of summer."We're looking forward to seeing the reaction to our contemporary approach within such a historic horticultural space."As it develops, there will be opportunities for visitors to enjoy seeing the garden grow and change over all the seasons to come."HBF chief executive Lucy Brown said they hoped the site would offer visitors a "sense of beauty, nurture and calm that is often missing in the anxious and ever-present online world".
