Tag: flowers

Sainsbury’s deliver spring onions instead of spring flowers

Business

Deadline News Journalist - March 1, 2016

A BAFFLED Sainsbury’s customer received a delivery of spring onions after she ordered spring flowers. Suzanne Bradish, from Rochester, Kent, ordered the £5 bouquet of...

Sherlock creator studied poisonous plants at Royal Botanic Garden

Entertainment

Deadline News Journalist - January 6, 2016

THE mystery of how Sherlock Holmes knew so much about poisons has been cracked in the archives of the world-famous Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Newly-unveiled...

The Scots flowers facing extinction as planet heats up

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - November 27, 2015

SOME of Scotland’s best-loved flowers are facing extinction as a result of global warming, scientists have warned. Research by students at the Royal Botanic Garden...

Flowers thrown into sea as 104-year-old lifeboat station closes

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - September 9, 2015

LIFEBOATMEN threw flowers into the North Sea yesterday as part of a final goodbye to a 104-year-old station. Crew members and local residents lined the...

Chicken poo and seaweed are the best way to get a bumper crop from your garden

Scottish News

Guest - January 23, 2014

CHICKEN poo and seaweed are the natural solution to getting a bumper crop from your garden say researchers. The smelly combination attracts an army of...