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BBC News
07-05-2025
- General
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Headlines: Knitted tributes and tulip displays
Headlines: Knitted tributes and tulip displays 8 minutes ago Share Save Share Save Dyrham Park/ Helen R The annual 'Tulip Mania' event takes place at a historic country estate Here's our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media. Our pick of local website stories Bristol Rovers have confirmed the return of Darrell Clarke as their new manager until 2028, six-and-a-half years on from his departure, reported Bristol Live. Wiltshire 999s told the story of how a Calne man kept an 'incredibly malnourished' dog in his faeces-ridden home. He was found to have failed to provide Rusty with food, water or veterinary care. A community is mourning the loss of two beloved geese, George and Mildred, who were killed in a car accident, reported Gloucestershire Live. More than £3,000 has been raised to cover the cost of their cremation and a memorial. Our top three from yesterday What to watch on social media A knitted post-box topper made by the local Women's Institute has appeared in Bradford-on-Avon in celebration of VE Day and the women involved in the war effort. A community share box in Frome has been set alight, scorching the inside of the wooden box. Members of the public offered to make repairs but it was deemed "too far gone" to save. An old phone box in Coleford, which has been transformed into a seed exchange hub for plants, fruits and vegetables, is almost ready for operation. More than 60 staff and volunteers put on a magnificent display of tulips at Dyrham Park. The extensive project began in November, when 20,000 bulbs were planted.
BBC News
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'Tulip mania' takes over National Trust's Dyrham Park
A two week-long event celebrating a spring flower is taking place at a historic National Trust's Dyrham Park near Bath, Somerset, has launched its annual "Tulip Mania", which sees more than 20,000 bulbs bloom at the site. Susie Meader, the trust's operations and experience manager, said the event is related to Dyrham's 17th Century founder William Blathwayt, who grew up in the Netherlands where the plant is the festival, running until 5 May, there will be guided walks, plant fairs, and artists will be creating tulip-related works. Amongst this year's flowers is a special plant created especially for the estate, called Tulipa Dyrham addition to the floral displays, the house is highlighting its historic links to the Netherlands with several ceramic items connected to the 17th Century tulip craze. Piers Horry, the park's garden and outdoor manager, said people during that time paid huge sums for individual examples of the flower. "People were putting bulbs in the ground with the hope that they might get a rare or unique pattern. People were investing ridiculous sums of money into individual bulbs just so they could have that unique, absolutely rare tulip."The situation was completely unsustainable. It only lasted about three years. "In fact the whole tulip market collapsed in February 1637 which means people never even saw the tulips come out that they'd invested their entire life savings into," he added.
Boston Globe
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Spring blooms create a bountiful field of color in Wellesley
Bella Phan, 7, from Newton, and Olivia Tiernan, 4, from Milford, Conn., played on a giant Adirondack chair. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff There are 33 varieties of tulips, which visitors are allowed to cut as part of the admission fee. Connolly said that 75,000 people attended last year with proceeds going toward supporting the society's nonprofit horticultural programs. The event will run until May 4, depending on the weather and tulip bloom. Advertisement A Killdeer kept its eyes on its nest on the ground between tulips. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Bub Hunt, 6, from Needham, cut tulips at Tulip Mania at The Garden at Elm Bank. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Olivia Tiernan, 4, from Milford, Conn., ran with some of the tulips she just cut. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Visitors walked among the flowering bulbs at Massachusetts Horticultural Society's third annual Tulip Mania on Wednesday, the first day it opened. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Aida Guarnaccia, 3, from Somerville, held a bouquet of tulips. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
