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Rob maintains the main lawn areas in the grounds and finds that working in such a beautiful environment, surrounded by a diverse collection of plants gives him great pleasure. Paula finds it a privilege to work with rare and unusual plants and is always learning something new from the other members of the team and from Tom's encyclopedic knowledge of all things horticultural. Laurence is one of Tom's oldest friends, a tree surgeon extraordinaire, responsible for the dead wooding in the historic cedar trees. She loves the wildlife whether it’s the robin that follows her whilst she weeds or the mole hills on the lawn! Jo says “that the things I love about Lullingstone is that no two days are the same, everyday volunteered is an education, we have the best team, some of whom will be friends for life”.Īlison really enjoys raking the leaves from the Oceanic Pathways and “loves working at Lullingstone because its a unique and wonderful place”.Īndrea tries to help out at Lullingstone one day a week, with each visit offering something different. Tom Hart Dyke's Mum Sarah is the driving force behind the House she is truly inspirational. Tom's Dad Guy was the Estate Manager, although he sadly passed away on the 12th February 2018. Tom's late Granny is his horticultural inspiration and Tom's sister Anya built the website! Volunteers Or very own World Garden bees, Europa riding Zeus, a baobab tree made from 51km of wire, totem poles blessed by our very own Native American Reg, Colin the Cobra hiding in South Asia, a fully functioning weather station, a dazzling Pineapple sculpture, Ayers Rock (Uluru) that Tom posed on for a local version of Calendar Girls, and much more.
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There are innumerable other horticultural delights for visitors to see, smell and touch, including the stinky Dog Pooh plant ( Hoodia gordonii) the world's most dangerous plant, the Queensland Stinger ( Dendrocnide moroides) and the hottest chilli - Dorset naga. Penstemon ‘Crac’s Delight’, discovered by Tom in 1999 and named after his Granny, now blooms in Mexico.Īwaiting official recognition, the Dahlia 'Lullingstone Castle', a big pink-petaled, yellow-centred single flower, was discovered in the World Garden in 2009. The world's rarest Gum Tree, Eucalyptus morrisbyi, a graceful species that Tom collected in South East Tasmania in 1999, flowered for the first time at Lullingstone in 2009. Horticultural advancesĮstablished in 2005, the World Garden of Plants continues to grow and build year on year, adding rare and important botanical plants to its collection.Īn example of the Dinosaur Tree (Wollemi Pine), the oldest tree in the world, is planted close to Ayers Rock (Uluru) in the Australian border. Tom’s World Garden pays homage to the amazing achievements of Victorian and Edwardian plant hunters who brought back the plants and flowers we now cherish and grow in our gardens in the UK. Tom Hart Dyke is a modern day plant hunter who follows in the traditions of the plant hunters of old who risked life and limb in pursuit of fantastic blooms and plants. This plan would eventually become ‘The World Garden of Plants’. On 16th June 2000, during Tom's 9-month kidnap ordeal in the Colombian jungle, Tom opened his diary and began plans for a garden which would contain plants from around the globe planted in their respective continents of origin.