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Geraniums

Ugly plants have higher pollen counts!

15/07/2013 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  3 Comments

The uglier the plant or flower, the more allergy-inducing its pollens tends to be! What a lovely neat theory being propounded by Dr Robert Valet, assistant professor of Medicine and an allergist at Vanderbilt University – and reported in Science Daily. Although it seems rather …

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Congratulations to the Royal College of Pathologists on their low allergen garden!

26/05/2012 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

So, another Chelsea Flower Show is nearly over – and even though we did not get a low-allergen show garden, we did get an excellent display from the Royal College of Pathologists in the RHS Environmental Zone in the Grand Pavilion:  Urban Greening – Not to be Sneezed at! Plants …

Category: Allergies, FreeFrom Skincare, GardensTag: accessibility for disabled people, Acers, Alex Gazzola, Cambridge University Botanical Garden, Chelsea Flower Show, FreeFrom Skincare Awards, Geraniums, hydrangea, Low Allergen Gardening, low allergen plants, National Army Museum, periwinkle, Royal College of Pathologists, Tawny Pipit, The Wire Studio, University of Cambridge Medical Graphics Department, Victoria and Albert Museum, War Horse exhibition

Leaves……

09/12/2011 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson

Leaves, leaves and yet more leaves – and just a few geraniums! See Michelle's winter garden...           …

Category: GardensTag: autumn leaves, Bird tables, Cornus sanguinea midwinter, Geraniums, Golders Hill Park, Squirrels

Autumn rose…

26/11/2011 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  2 Comments

Late autumn bloom  – amidst the leaves... see more.   …

Category: GardensTag: Acers, autumn leaves, camellias, Emperor penguins, Geraniums, rose, Salvia Hot Lips

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