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Gardening’s king of trivia and brain-teasers, Graham Clarke

St George’s Day The day this issue of AG is available on newsstands (Tuesday, 23 April) is St George’s Day. As with the feast days of Saints Patrick, David and Andrew, it will be a day of national pride and commemoration. These three saints have the shamrock, the daffodil and the thistle as symbols, but for St George (and therefore for England) there is no direct equivalent. Some men used to wear a red rose in their lapel. Although St George is regarded as England’s saint, we actually share him with many other countries of the world, from Spain and several Eastern European countries, as well as the Middle East. In Catalonia, Spain, St George is the patron saint of the former Crown of Aragon; here, on 23 April, people…

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Amateur Gardening (Digital) - 1 Issue, 27-Apr-2024

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