Helping Church with Cutting-Hedge Technology

07/07/20 News

When a Lewes church went to use its ageing strimmer to cut greenery which had grown ferociously during the lockdown, its caretaker wasn't expecting a bright flash and a puff of blue smoke. But, just hours before the archdeacon was due to visit, that is what happened at Cliffe parish church.

A call for help was answered by our team at Paradise Park who came to the rescue, just in time with a suitable replacement.

"We were in a bit of a pickle", explained Churchwarden Trevor Butler. "The grass and bushes had not been cut during the whole of lockdown and we needed everything to look spick and span for our VIP visitor. Tates Garden Centres were wonderful and kindly donated a new Bosch strimmer."

St Thomas à Becket church welcomed the Archdeacon of Brighton and Hove with its grass looking neat and tidy.

Photo: Darren Clift from Paradise Park presents the new strimmer to Churchwarden Trevor Butler

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Eat Out to Help Out Starts Today Mayberry Present Cheque to Lions Helping Church with Cutting-Hedge Technology Construction of New Restaurant at Old Barn Garden Centre Deadheading and Pruning in June Food Donation to Local Charity Food Donation To Local Care Homes Spring Planter Donation to NHS Workers Easter Donation to Nova House Care Home Message from TV Horticulturalist David Domoney Old Barn Donate Items to Christ’s Hospital South Downs Donate Plants to Local Horticultural Society Old Barn Colouring Competition Winner Mayberry Wild Bird Quiz Winner South Downs Nurseries Wild Bird Quiz Winner South Downs Colouring Competition Winners Paradise Park Colouring Competition Winner New Dream Team in the Kitchen at South Downs Nurseries Nest Box Workshop is a flying success Love Week Competition Winner At Paradise Park Good Gardening with Mark Curtis: February 2020 Santa’s Elf Hunt Competition Winner at Old Barn Garden Centre Charity Grotto Draw Winner Collects Prize Old Barn Garden Centre Forest Fairies Letter Hunt Winner Paradise Park Christmas Colouring Competition Winner Old Barn Garden Centre Christmas colouring competition winner Colouring Competition Winner at South Downs Nurseries Santa’s Elf Hunt Winners at South Downs Our Short Guide To Eco Gardening Gardening Tips for January Good Gardening with Mark Curtis: January 2020 Charity Grottos Raise £41,358 Christmas Jumper Day Raises £400 Our Gardening Tips For December Our Gardening New Year’s Resolutions Mayberry Garden Centre donate a tree to Hova Villas Tates of Sussex donate trees to local church Mayberry Donate Jumpers to Homeless Dogs South Downs Donate Christmas Tree to Burgess Hill APC Paradise Park support Daniel MacDiarmid’s Christmas challenge Paradise Park donate a tree to the Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital South Downs Donate Compost to School Gardening Project Mayberry Donate More Trees! 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The Rising Popularity of Garden Offices Mayberry Colouring Competition Winner South Downs Colouring Competition Winner

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