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-Konichiwa.

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-What we have here

-is a pair of false teeth.

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-A brewery in the corner.

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-A brewery in the corner.

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-We can run around here.

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-What a view. It belongs more

-to Africa than West Wales.

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-Costa del Betws.

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-Everyone loves it.

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-Be kind to me, lads.

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-It's in the Good Food Guide

-for molluscs.

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-Llandudno Junction...

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-..a busy town which developed

-around the railway station.

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-Maybe not the ideal place

-to attract enthusiastic gardeners...

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-..but the location

-hasn't prevented Allan Evans...

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-..competing at the highest level...

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-..and creating

-a very special garden.

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-This garden

-is a rural, fertile creation...

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-..created on a patch

-right next to the street.

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-It wasn't created just to look good,

-though.

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-Allan's delight is competing.

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-Judging by the certificates

-in his shed, he's done quite well.

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-It started in the small shows

-when I was 16 years old.

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-I competed in the Conwy Show

-with my Chrysanths.

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-I achieved some success

-and people were encouraging me...

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-..to compete in larger shows.

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-I taught myself how to do it.

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-These days, only one flower attracts

-Allan's eye when he's competing.

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-It's the Dahlia, a flower with

-pompoms of all shapes and sizes.

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-Allan's dedicated almost

-all the garden to growing them.

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-I don't think I've seen

-a more colourful picture in my life.

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-This flower is Gwyneth.

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-It's an orange flower.

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-Further on,

-you can see Taratahi Ruby.

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-Next to that one, a Kilburn Glow.

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-It has a yellow centre.

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-That's a great one to grow.

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-This is a Dorothy Rose Ball Dahlia.

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-As you can see,

-it grows to the heavens.

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-It's a wonderfully colourful flower.

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-One of nature's wonders -

-the way those little cups open up.

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-It takes two or three days

-from where they are now...

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-..for them to fully open up.

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-Which one is your favourite?

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-Which one is your favourite?

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-Weston Spanish Dancer.

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-It's yellow and red.

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-The cactus?

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-The cactus?

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-Everyone likes that one.

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-The Weston Pirate is dark red.

-That's right next to it.

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-You can grow different types

-in the garden.

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-Some people like to grow them

-in small borders.

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-That's different to the way

-I grow them, to compete in shows.

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-I've never grown a Dahlia.

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-If anything could convince me

-to grow them, it's that one.

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-That's perfect.

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-It's easy to grow too.

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-It's easy to grow.

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-Would you like some lessons?

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-I'll need lessons, definitely.

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-Allan could have another rival

-in no time.

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-Competing in the larger shows

-requires a lot of work.

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-Dahlias are tubers.

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-We transfer the tubers

-to the glasshouse, dry them out...

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-..and keep them dry until January.

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-They start sprouting small cuttings.

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-We take the cuttings

-from those plants...

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-..and plant them in June.

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-There we go, lads, I hope

-you'll grow ready for the shows.

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-Be kind to me, lads!

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-It's good that you gave up working.

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-You don't have time

-for anything else.

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-That's true.

-I don't know where the day goes.

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-I don't know

-where I found the time to work.

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-As well as being driven

-by the healthy competition...

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-..Allan's ambition is to be part

-of the National Garden Scheme...

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-..to share his garden and skills

-with others.

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-They want us to open every year and

-invite people for tea and a chat.

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-I think it's great

-that people can come here...

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-..to socialise and support us.

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-They can see the colours and

-what we can do in a confined space.

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-They can take that home with them

-and use the skills and ideas.

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-There's no secret

-to showing flowers.

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-You learn your skill and craft

-as you move on.

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-If you can share it, great.

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-Within days, Harrogate will host

-the year's most important show.

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-Allan hopes it will be

-a successful show for him.

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-First, he has to choose Dahlias

-of the required standard.

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-It's important they fit

-through this ring.

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-That's perfect today.

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-Tomorrow, those heads

-might start to come through...

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-..and they won't fit

-through the ring.

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-It would be disqualified in the show

-in that section.

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-There are larger flowers there.

-They're worthless now.

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-You can't use them?

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-You can't use them?

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-No, they wouldn't get through.

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-This is a wonderful flower.

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-It's not just a case

-of checking them here.

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-They could swell in the car.

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-By the time you reach the show,

-they could be too big.

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-There are Dahlias this big?

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-There are Dahlias this big?

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-The Bryn Terfel Dahlia!

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-There is a Bryn Terfel.

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-Bryn Terfel will be grateful

-of such a big flower.

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-It's like him, a giant!

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-Accuracy to a hair's breadth

-is crucial when competing.

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-Allan dedicates

-all his spare time and soul...

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-..to his obsession for his garden.

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-It's a worker's garden.

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-We don't get much time to enjoy it.

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-We do have two chairs in the garage.

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-We bring them out,

-sit in them and eat ice creams.

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-Sometimes, a bottle of wine.

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-Those times are seldom indeed.

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-A lot of work

-has gone into this garden.

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-That's important,

-but I do enjoy competing.

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-You strive for perfection

-but you want to raise the standard.

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-You want to improve. I don't know

-when the improvement ends.

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-I don't know where it ends.

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-Does it end?

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-Does it end?

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-I don't think so.

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-You've not reached a point...

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-..when you've seen a flower

-and said, "That's it.

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-"That's the perfect flower."

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-No, not yet,

-but I was thinking to myself today.

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-There will be a day where

-I won't want to compete anymore.

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-That will be my pinnacle.

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-If I finish, it'll be on a pinnacle.

-I've got to go on a high!

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-It was a successful season for Allan

-with eight firsts and two thirds.

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-I don't think

-he'll put his feet up any time soon.

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-Llanelli is a town in South Wales

-with a beautiful coastline.

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-In the 19th century,

-it was an industrial town...

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-..nicknamed Tinopolis because

-it produced tin on a global scale.

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-These Victorian terraced houses

-are a throwback to that time.

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-It's not a place

-you'd associate with nature...

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-..but Stuart has created

-a beautifully natural haven...

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-..behind his terraced house.

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-Stuart Blackmore

-has always lived in Llanelli.

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-That hasn't prevented him

-creating a wonderful garden...

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-..and surroundings to attract

-all kinds of wildlife.

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-A palmate newt.

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-It has no spots under its head.

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-This is the male, you can see!

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-His delight in nature

-isn't confined to the garden.

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-It makes its way

-all the way into his house!

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-Let's sit down.

-You can have the kingfisher.

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-Cheers. Lovely.

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-Since I was a child, I've been

-interested in plants, animals...

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-..and nature in general.

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-When I moved here,

-it was rectangular...

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-..and the path led to the road.

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-Families in terraced houses

-grew vegetables to feed the family.

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-I pulled the path up and designed

-a new path through the middle.

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-I dotted plants all around

-and added plenty of colour.

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-I don't like mowing lawns.

-My garden is filled with plants.

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-Lawns take up too much room.

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-No corner of this little garden

-is without a flower or plant...

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-..growing in it.

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-It's easy to forget

-that you're in a town.

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-It's a packed garden.

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-It is packed. The plants

-grow tall at this time of year.

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-The roses are in full bloom.

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-Roses are your chief delight.

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-I love roses, yes.

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-I didn't think I could grow them

-at first because the soil was light.

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-It was extremely fine.

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-Since I've been growing

-old-fashioned roses...

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-..the David Austin roses...

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-..they've flourished.

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-It's a sea of colour -

-yellow, white and pink.

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-There are different shades of pink.

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-I wanted yellow on that side,

-red on this side...

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-..but nature

-is very ill-disciplined!

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-I'm the same when I'm gardening!

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-It looks much better than my garden!

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-Seasonal planting

-of various plants...

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-..offers plenty of interest

-in the garden from season to season.

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-The garden is home to a variety

-of birds and wildlife.

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-40 different types of birds

-have been spotted in this garden.

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-The black redstart...

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-..and common birds

-such as the house sparrow.

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-One wildlife creature that Stuart

-doesn't welcome in his garden...

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-..is the snail.

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-The problem is everything

-is so tightly packed.

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-Snails abseil down

-from one plant to the next...

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-..however many obstacles

-are in their way.

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-There are so many of them.

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-They're a plague.

-They eat all the daisy family.

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-I've given up

-growing Michaelmas daisies.

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-They don't stand a chance here.

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-Having faced every challenge

-developing a small urban garden...

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-..Stuart decided to publish a book,

-A Cottage Garden in Town.

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-Friends told me that I'd

-created something special here.

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-It's a confined space.

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-They told me I should write down how

-I did it and developed the garden.

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-I wrote the book after retiring.

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-Writing it gave me so much pleasure.

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-It allowed me to record some

-wonderful Welsh names for flowers.

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-I want to grow as many plants

-as I can in this garden.

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-This garden is a collection

-of plants.

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-It's not something

-that was designed.

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-The garden is a reflection

-of my interests...

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-..but not so much of my personality.

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-I think I'm a more formal character

-but the garden is very informal.

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-I like being out in the garden.

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-I can't imagine living somewhere...

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-..where I can't walk out

-into the natural, green world.

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-It's like an extra lung for me.

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-It's a wonderful garden. You've

-packed so much into one small strip.

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-It is small and it is packed.

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-I like it. It's my garden.

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-It suits me.

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-The Gower Peninsula.

-An area of extreme natural beauty.

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-A corner of Wales packed

-with beaches, rural villages...

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-..and close-knit communities.

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-At the far end of the peninsula...

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-..is the picturesque village

-of Llanmadoc.

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-What ties the people

-of Llanmadoc together...

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-..is their love for their gardens.

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-So much so, they open them

-to the public one weekend a year.

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-The added bonus to that...

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-..is having this wonderful backdrop

-included in the entrance fee.

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-The village has opened its gardens

-for almost 20 years.

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-It's an occasion

-to socialise, admire gardens...

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-..and raise money for charities.

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-Roger and Menna are two

-of the primary coordinators...

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-..of Llanmadoc and Cheriton

-Open Gardens.

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-Their garden is part of the scheme.

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-How are you? How are you, Roger?

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-Nice to meet you. Come in.

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-You were expecting me!

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-The most we've collected

-on the day is 8,000.

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-Since we started,

-we've raised 100,000.

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-That's a lot of money.

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-A lot of money and about

-9,000 visitors during that time.

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-How many gardens are here?

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-We have 12 gardens this year.

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-You can almost include the coastline

-in your garden.

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-The view from the house

-is wonderful.

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-Our location in Llanmadoc

-places us under the Gulf Stream.

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-From here down to Llanrhidian,

-the temperature is warmer.

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-We sit here in sunshine...

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-..watching wind and rain the other

-side of the estuary, so we're lucky.

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-What did the garden look like

-when you first arrived?

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-Nothing!

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-Nothing!

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-Nothing at all?

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-Everything's changed year on year.

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-The borders get bigger,

-new borders come in.

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-Which flowers do you like growing?

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-Which flowers do you like growing?

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-My favourite is Agapanthus.

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-I like the lavenders

-and the lilies behind.

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-They're wonderful.

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-Tell me about the pond.

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-Tell me about the pond.

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-I'd always wanted fish.

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-We built this in 2000.

-It's a millennium pond.

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-It was too big so I knocked

-half of it down five years ago.

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-I get some problems with water

-seeping out every now and then.

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-If I have more problems,

-it'll be a his and her Jacuzzi.

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-Who gets the biggest one?

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-Menna. Always.

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-Make sure the neighbours

-can't see you!

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-As well as the flower garden,

-Roger has his own vegetable patch.

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-It's a small section.

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-The potatoes come up soon

-and then I'll plant some cabbages.

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-Why do you grow so many onions?

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-Why do you grow so many onions?

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-I enjoy growing onions.

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-I showed onions years ago,

-they'd grow to 5-6lbs.

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-Each?

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-Each?

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-Yes, each.

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-They're about

-two and a half pounds now.

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-People like seeing the onions

-on Open Gardens day.

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-There's a shed with a chimney on it

-over there.

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-For the winter, and when Menna

-wants to do something.

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-Close the door, light the fire,

-everything's alright.

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-You could install an oven.

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-We do cook curries in winter.

-We sit in the shed and drink wine.

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-It's lovely and warm.

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-You have this view too.

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-You've been successful

-in competition.

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-The village has won the Swansea

-In Bloom competition many times.

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-We entered and won

-the Best Garden competition once.

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-We were happy to win it once.

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-Once you reach the top,

-there's no need to try again.

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-This is a garden to enjoy and

-Llanmadoc's residents do the same.

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-Apart from Randolph who's a slave to

-the garden but enjoys every minute.

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-This couldn't be a more different

-garden - it's just vegetables.

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-The only use for a garden

-is vegetables!

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-In the winter, we grow potatoes,

-sweetcorn and French beans.

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-In September, the pigs come in

-and stay there until December.

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-They prepare the land for you.

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-They prepare the land for you.

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-They're better than rotovators.

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-What do you do with all this veg -

-do you eat it all?

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-Most of it, yes.

-I have a large family.

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-Four families, myself and my wife.

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-If any vegetables are left over...

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-..we sell them

-and donate the money to charity.

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-Your whole family helps out.

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-They also help me eat it!

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-I learnt the skills

-from my father...

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-..in his allotment.

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-Now I'm passing it on to my family.

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-You've retired now.

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-You've retired now.

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-Retired?

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-Retired? You're joking.

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-I've finished paid work.

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-I don't have any spare time

-on my hands and I'm happy with that.

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-That's good to hear.

-Let's head down to the orchard.

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-To be honest, the orchard

-has had a very successful year.

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-This is nice.

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-It's wonderful.

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-It's a secret place.

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-It's a secret place.

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-A great place to sit.

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-For the first time this year.

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-How many apple trees do you have?

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-We have eight here.

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-There are plums and cherries

-on the other trees.

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-Those are eating apples.

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-There are lots of apples

-on the trees.

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-There's a plentiful supply

-of natural water.

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-This idea of a gardening family...

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-..you're the godfather.

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-I'm the frontrunner.

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-They're interested

-but they're busy too.

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-One day, they'll follow me.

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-In the garden all week.

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-You also have three fields.

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-There's plenty of room to extend.

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-That's right.

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-Next year, you'll have acres of veg.

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-Acres of veg!

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-All the gardens of Llanmadoc

-are different.

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-Some are classical and formal...

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-..while others are less formal.

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-Sian Griffiths' garden cafe

-is at the other end of the village.

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-This is the end

-of the garden pilgrimage.

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-Apart from the fact

-I can see Llanelli...

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-..I could imagine seeing wildebeests

-and elephants on these plains.

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-It's very different

-to the other gardens we've seen.

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-It was a farm, initially,

-and the house was a barn.

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-This was a field -

-it was in such a state.

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-It's taken years

-to get it to this condition.

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-Last year,

-we decided to open a cafe.

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-It's on the path to the beach.

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-We see ornithologists and walkers.

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-Does the tide come in this far?

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-It comes in quite far.

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-It's like a lake in front of you.

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-I need a boat

-to take me to Llanelli.

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-Trees grow out of the lake.

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-They're dying.

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-When the tide comes in,

-at high tide...

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-..it's incredible.

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-I think the garden is somewhere

-where you should relax...

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-..at the end of your working day.

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-You can socialise with friends.

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-We have a pizza oven

-and the pizzas are delicious.

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-I love spending time out here.

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-With that view,

-there's no reason not to.

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-Why do you think that residents here

-took to gardening so readily?

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-Everyone in the community

-loves their gardens.

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-We live in a special place and the

-view from every garden is different.

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-We all want to raise money

-for charities.

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-Who decides

-which garden hosts the open day?

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-No-one decides.

-If you want to open up, you can.

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-Is there competition between you?

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-Is there competition between you?

-

-No, no, no, no. There's no point.

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-Not for me -

-I'm the only one doing it.

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-I win that competition.

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-Where veg is concerned,

-Randolph's not wrong.

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-In Llanmadoc, every garden is a

-reflection of the village's people.

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-The gardens are beautiful

-and bring everyone together...

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-..which is so important

-to the whole community.

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