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A Listening Heart

Through the seasons in the British countryside and gardens, with country writers and poets.

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Welcome to this blog. Thank you for visiting. If you’re new please make yourself at home and look around.The cover photo is of our local Highdown Gardens in West Sussex.

— Richard

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The photos I have used on this site are mainly my own or those of Carol Mullineux and Matthew Sutton to whom I am grateful. For the other photos and quotes, I have tried, wherever possible, to give the relevant credits and references. Please do not copy the photos or text on this site without permission from me. Thank you. -- Richard Sutton

Display of semi-miniature saintpaulias.

Semi-miniature Africa Violets grown from plug plants from Dibley’s Nurseries.

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