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Category: A Country Living

Happy baker happy bread

Oxford’s Bakery was established by Frank Oxford in 1911 at Alweston, near Sherborne. For this month’s A Country Living, Rachael Rowe spoke with Steve...

The role model in the garden

Nigel Hewish, Head Gardener at Kingston Maurward, is responsible for over 2,000 trees, acres of lawn running to a five acre Georgian lake, three...

The skills that make Russell a champion hedge-layer

It’s an idyllic winter rural scene. Log fire roaring in his grate. Dogs sprawled at his feet. He sits with a sewing needle... methodically...

Seeing Beauty And Use In Other’s Discarded Junk

Steve Dimmer is a familiar face in North Dorset, having spent many years working for Harts of Stur in their garden centre department.  But his...

Fired Up with Dorset potter Jonathan Garratt

Meet the Dorset potter who moved 25,000 bricks to rebuild his kiln and start a new life near Shaftesbury. When Dorset potter Jonathan Garratt relocated...

Working in Dorset’s Highest Office

It’s one of the most dangerous jobs in forestry but two of Dorset’s youngest tree surgeons wouldn’t swap their sky-high office for any other...

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Point to Point returns to Badbury Rings in November

After nearly two years kicking our heels with no Point to Points it’s finally time to pull on your wellies, don coats and jumpers...

Two Wimborne icons unite in landmark electrical merger

Two of Wimborne’s oldest family-run businesses are joining forces in a landmark merger that marks a new era for local independent retail. Holmans of Wimborne,...

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