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Andrew Sloan is kindly providing another opportunity for members to benefit from his extensive knowledge of the subject.
Participants will meet at the Mirador hotel in Alhaurin to ensure all can depart at 11.00 at the latest, for a tour of the nearby magnificent succulent garden and olive grove belonging to Andrew. Some trees are 700 years old.
Andrew is an excellent guide for several of U3A International hill walks and is well-known to members. Some, in fact, enjoy a day or two out assisting him at olive-picking time. The idea of the succulent garden was inspired as a result of a trip to Israel with the Mediterranean Garden Society and it has since been transformed, featuring over 100 named species of Aloe.
The morning will comprise the following:
How to propagate succulent plants from seeds, shoots or cuttings
How to care for and maintain the plants
Where to source these plants locally or from the internet
Recommended books and internet based resources
Explanation of the basics of gardening with the moon using a lunar calendar
The estimated duration is one and a half hours
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