{"id":137261,"date":"2023-06-05T23:07:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-blooming-great-way-to-explore-gardens-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T23:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T16:23:03","slug":"a-blooming-great-way-to-explore-gardens-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-blooming-great-way-to-explore-gardens-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"A blooming great way to explore gardens | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOpen gardens weekend | Teaching kids a lesson | Sexist crossword | Laughing like a babyIf you want to explore gardens without the crowds and expense of the Chelsea flower show (Letters, 1 June), go to the London Open Gardens weekend on 10-11 June. It\u2019s a brilliant opportunity to visit all kinds of gardens across London \u2013 smart squares, roof gardens, allotments, etc. It is good value at \u00a320 for a two-day ticket and provides a wonderful summer weekend.Felicity CobleySwansea\u2022 Re Lola Okolosie\u2019s article (I\u2019m a teacher \u2013 and this is why I\u2019m not giving my son a smartphone yet, 2 January), in the late 1980s, trainers with a particular logo blazoned across them were what \u201ceverybody\u201d had. We resisted and provided our son with sufficient funds to buy a perfectly decent pair of trainers, telling him that he was very welcome to spend his pocket money on the extra cost of the pair with the logo. It was a hard lesson. Corinne BrindleThetford, Norfolk Continue reading…
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