"Hull Colour Pages KC Colour Pages and KC White Pages are the classified and residential telephone directories provided specifically for the Kingston Communications service area. ""KC Colour Pages"" became the UK's first classified telephone directory when it was first published in 1954 to celebrate KC's 50th anniversary as Hull's telephone company. ""The Golden Pages"", as the first ""KC Colour Pages"" was initially called, carried advertising from a wide range of customers including taxis, sail makers, driving schools, painters and decorators and office machinery suppliers amongst others. By 1992 the ""Hull Yellow Pages"" had become so popular with both telephone subscribers"
"""Secrets of the Royal Kitchen."" The gardens of Creskeld Hall have been open to the public annually for over 10 years as part of the National Gardens Scheme ""Yellow Book"", with the proceeds being split between the National Garden Scheme, and a charity of the owner's choice. The hall sits in approximately of garden, with a beech tree avenue, and has many rare colours of Rhododendron and Azalea collected by one of the family in the 1930s. The hall was originally part-surrounded by a moat, which is still visible in the garden and the gardens were laid out in various"
"the publication of the first Yellow Book, there were 1,000 gardens to participate in the Scheme, and in 2015 they have donated £4.5 million since 1927. Those owners of private gardens sometimes donated to those charities they choose, amounting to £40,000. As the garden tour expanded since 1948 when the National Gardens Scheme involved the National Trust: while National Trust offered important gardens for garden tours which they have restored and conserved, and number of visitors increased. The Queen's Institute of District Nursing offered them funds which in tern encouraged the Trust to work on additional garden projects. It was"
"National Gardens Scheme The National Garden Scheme opens gardens in England and Wales for charity. It was founded in 1927 in England with the aim of ""opening gardens of quality, character and interest to the public for charity"". The scheme has raised over £50 million since it began, and over half a million garden visits occur each year. When the scheme began 609 private gardens were opened and £8,191 was raised. A small number of the original ""pioneer"" gardens still participate in the Scheme, while many more have joined. Over 3,700 gardens were open in 2013. County organisers are responsible"
"trees, shrubs, herbs and orchids (mostly hybrids) with matching foliage and floral colours depicts the colour combination. National Orchid Garden The National Orchid Garden, located within the Singapore Botanic Gardens, was opened on 20 October 1995 by Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. The Singapore Botanic Gardens has been developed along a 3-Core Concept. The three Cores consist of Tanglin, which is the heritage core that retains the old favourites and rustic charms of the historic Gardens; Central, which is the tourist belt of the Gardens; and Bukit Timah, which is the educational and recreational zone. Each Core offers an"
"trees along with open grassy spaces, gazebos, and arbors. The garden was designed to emphasize a specific colour layout beginning with pink and then moving into red, orange, yellow, white, blue, purple, and lavender. Arbors, trellises, and gazebos round out the garden and give it a serene, peaceful look and feel. 56 different butterfly varieties—5 of which are endemic to the Cayman Islands—live on Grand Cayman Island and are frequently seen on and around the colorful array of flora in the Colour Garden. A recently completed Orchid Garden and boardwalk features ten varieties of orchids, with three of the ten"
"Royal National Rose Society Gardens The Royal National Rose Society Gardens, also known as The Gardens of The Rose, are the gardens and headquarters of The Royal National Rose Society at Chiswell Green, near St Albans, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. The Society's stated aim is to create a ""living dictionary"" of roses in the gardens, which contain 2,500 different rose cultivars among 15,000 rose bushes. The gardens are normally open to the public during the summer. The Royal National Rose Society went into Administration on 15th May 2017. The Gardens are permanently closed. Former employees told the BBC they"
"Garden is located on the highest hill in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Providing a place for 60,000 orchid plants - consisting of 1000 species and more than 2,000 hybrids - is the three hectares of carefully landscaped slopes. The design concept presenting the display of plants in four separate color zones: the spring zone with its prevailing colours of bright and lively shades of gold, yellow and creams; the summer zone with its major tones of strong reds and pinks; the autumn zone of matured shades; and the winter zone of whites and cool blues. A careful combination of selected"
"two-storey building on a double-pile plan in red brick with stone dressings, the main façade features a recessed centre with two small wings and large windows. The hall and gardens are open to the public one afternoon weekly from April to October. The entire estate is listed on the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens. The grounds, remodelled to a design by William Andrews Nesfield in 1861–2, contain 7.5 hectares (18 acres) of gardens including a modern woodland garden. A grade-II*-listed gateway now situated in the wall to the west of the hall formerly belonged to Roger Wilbraham's almshouses"
"the National Gardens Scheme all proceeds of which go to charitable causes selected by the NGS. Special open days for local villages are also arranged to raise funds for local charitable causes (church, village hall etc.). The garden opened to the public for charity in July 2016. Pre-booked group visits are accepted from schools, colleges, Women's Institutes, gardening clubs etc. A wide range of charitable programmes are iffered to tye communitues of Wiltshire/North Somerset/South Gloucestershire and these include: 1.Various free educational facilities on gardening, art, wildlife environmental studies, landscape design. 2.Wildlife workshops. 3. Conservation and wildlife audits of the garden"
"Commonwealth Observance in March and the Order of the Bath every four years. Flowers were provided at Westminster Abbey on 17 September 2010 during Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom, when flowers in the papal colours of white and yellow were arranged. Close links have been maintained since the earliest years of its existence with the Royal Horticultural Society, to which NAFAS is affiliated. NAFAS has been invited to exhibit at Chelsea since 1975 and each year a different NAFAS Area constructs a huge floral exhibit in the floral marquee hoping to be the recipient of a RHS"
"140 varieties have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (See List of Award of Garden Merit narcissus). Daffodil breeding has introduced a wide range of colours, in both the outer perianth tepal segment and the inner corona. In the registry, daffodils are coded by the colours of each of these two parts. Thus ""Geranium"", Tazetta (Division 8) as illustrated here with a white outer perianth and orange corona is classified as 8 W-O. All ""Narcissus"" species contain the alkaloid poison lycorine, mostly in the bulb but also in the leaves. Members of the monocot subfamily Amaryllidoideae present"
"one of the charities supported. along with Perennial, Macmillan Cancer Support and others. The National Garden Scheme was featured in a Twofour produced BBC2 programme Open Gardens. National Gardens Scheme The National Garden Scheme opens gardens in England and Wales for charity. It was founded in 1927 in England with the aim of ""opening gardens of quality, character and interest to the public for charity"". The scheme has raised over £50 million since it began, and over half a million garden visits occur each year. When the scheme began 609 private gardens were opened and £8,191 was raised. A small"
"an orchard of twelve crab apple trees and wildflowers designed by Daniela Coray, was moved to the garden after the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show. Coray, RHS National Young Designer of the Year, had been awarded a gold award for the design, ""A Stitch in Time Saves Nine"". The garden was awarded a Green Flag in 2012 for promoting a ""welcoming, safe and well-maintained"" environment. and is in the St John Street conservation area. St John's Gardens, Manchester St John's Gardens in central Manchester, England, lies between Lower Byrom Street, Byrom Street and Quay Street. Previously occupied by St John's"
"association with the Office of Public Works (OPW), Dublin local authority parks departments, and the Golfing Union of Ireland. The Director is the chief officer of the Gardens, with a residence provided on site. Directors have included: National Botanic Gardens (Ireland) The National Botanic Gardens (Irish: ""Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus"") are located in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. The 19.5 hectares are situated between Prospect Cemetery and the River Tolka where it forms part of that river's floodplain. The gardens were founded in 1795 by the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society) and are today"
"2000s, but in 2014 the roses were reinstated. The planting in the herbaceous borders in the forecourt was designed in the 1970s by the National Trust advisor Graham Stuart Thomas. The west-facing border features ""hot""-coloured flowers (red, yellow, orange) and the east-facing border is planted with ""cooler"" colours (blue, pink and white). In 2011, the Trust began an ambitious project to restore the 19th-century Round Garden near the eastern edge of the estate. Originally this is where fruit was grown for the house but since the 1950s it has laid overgrown. The circular garden has a diameter of 250 ft"
"it was closed. Royal National Rose Society Gardens The Royal National Rose Society Gardens, also known as The Gardens of The Rose, are the gardens and headquarters of The Royal National Rose Society at Chiswell Green, near St Albans, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. The Society's stated aim is to create a ""living dictionary"" of roses in the gardens, which contain 2,500 different rose cultivars among 15,000 rose bushes. The gardens are normally open to the public during the summer. The Royal National Rose Society went into Administration on 15th May 2017. The Gardens are permanently closed. Former employees told"
"National Botanic Gardens (Ireland) The National Botanic Gardens (Irish: ""Garraithe Náisiúnta na Lus"") are located in Glasnevin, 5 km north-west of Dublin city centre, Ireland. The 19.5 hectares are situated between Prospect Cemetery and the River Tolka where it forms part of that river's floodplain. The gardens were founded in 1795 by the Dublin Society (later the Royal Dublin Society) and are today in State ownership through the Office of Public Works. They hold 20,000 living plants and many millions of dried plant specimens. There are several architecturally notable greenhouses. Today the Glasnevin site is the headquarters of the National"
"National Orchid Garden The National Orchid Garden, located within the Singapore Botanic Gardens, was opened on 20 October 1995 by Singapore's Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. The Singapore Botanic Gardens has been developed along a 3-Core Concept. The three Cores consist of Tanglin, which is the heritage core that retains the old favourites and rustic charms of the historic Gardens; Central, which is the tourist belt of the Gardens; and Bukit Timah, which is the educational and recreational zone. Each Core offers an array of attractions. The National Orchid Garden is located in the Central Core of the gardens. The"
"12 December 1939, ""I have got what I hope will be a lovely scheme for it: all white flowers, with some clumps of very pale pink"". The concept of single colour-palette gardens had enjoyed some popularity at the end of the 19th century, but few such gardens remained when Vita drew up her plans. Influences for the White Garden are given as Hidcote and Phyllis Reiss's garden at Tintinhull, both of which Vita had seen. Gertrude Jekyll had discussed the concept, but argued for varying the white palette with the use of blue, or yellow, plants, advice followed by Reiss."
"as rockeries and the fronts of herbaceous borders. This explosion of interest is largely thanks to the breeding work done by the late Hector Harrison of Appleby, North Lincolnshire, England. From 1985, he raised hundreds of hybrid seedlings, from which several excellent cultivars have been selected and named. He increased the colour range to include shades of apricot, pink, coral, lilac, red and white. Other nurseries and breeders have continued to build on his pioneering work. Several species and cultivars have been given the Award of Garden Merit by the British Royal Horticultural Society. The AGM includes a hardiness rating:"
"Rowallane Garden Rowallane Garden is a National Trust property located immediately south of Saintfield, County Down, Northern Ireland on the A7 road. It is particularly noted for its extensive collection of azaleas and rhododendrons. It is also home to the National Collection of penstemons. The Garden, of some 50 acres in total, features a walled garden, a natural Rock Garden Wood, wildflower meadows, a Farmland Walk (taking in the summit of Trio Hill) and a Woodland Walk, as well as a tea-room in the old farm stables, which features a bell-tower. The estate house is the headquarters of the National"
"each colour. BCC colour codes define colours as varying by hue, tone and intensity, and were originally designed for use in the textile dye industry. The colour names given by the BCC were particularly descriptive and often referred to flora or fauna, with titles such as Larkspur (""No. 196""), Forget-Me-Not (""No. 84""), Bee Eater Blue, Kermes, and Squirrel. The codes of the BCC became standards for identifying colours used in everything from the Royal Horticultural Society, to British government planning commission maps, the British Army, Royal Institute of British Architects, and the Royal Mail. BCC codes, due to their subtlety"
"the word “Picturesque”. The Garden was opened to the public for the first time on 24 May 2000, and was officially opened on 21 July by the Prince of Wales. In 2003, the garden ran into serious financial difficulties, and in 2004 it accepted a financial package from the Welsh Assembly Government, Carmarthenshire County Council and the Millennium Commission to secure its future. The site extends to , and among the garden's rare and threatened plants is the whitebeam ""Sorbus leyana"". 21st Century approaches to recycling and conservation have been used in the design of the centre: biomass recycling is"
"Office. As the Flag Institute will not register two flags of the same design within the United Kingdom, Lancashire's official flag was registered — in 2008 — as a red rose on a gold field. The background was chosen as it, along with red, are the livery colours of the county. The Pantone colors for the flag are: yellow, 116; red, 485; dark red, 201; and green, 354. Flag of Lancashire The Lancashire flag is the flag of the historic county of Lancashire. The Red Rose of Lancaster is a symbol for the House of Lancaster, immortalised in the verse"
"clipped box and yew hedges. The gardens were influenced by the Arts and Crafts style popular at the time. The Jenners had a garden staff of four. In 1965 Graham Stuart Thomas, the National Trust's first Gardens Adviser designed the Main Border. From 1955-1997 the Trust's tenants at the Manor, Biddy and Jeremy Chittenden, transformed the garden, and Biddy rethought and replanted the main border in 1996, using new plants but following Stuart Thomas's colour scheme. The gardens are listed as Grade II on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in England. A barn and"
"societies affiliated with the ARS) and is the International Cultivar Registration Authority for Roses by appointment of the International Society for Horticultural Sciences. The Rose Society UK sets the guidelines and standards and organises rose shows in the UK. Many Canadian and Australian rose societies were affiliated with the RNRS in addition to their own national societies. Rose shows using ARS guidelines use cultivar classifications assigned by the ARS, for instance Hybrid Tea or Gallica. The ARS also assigns one of 18 official color classes to cultivars, for instance Light Yellow, Medium Yellow, Deep Yellow, and Yellow Blend. There is"
"bottles. The first recorded use of ""bottle green"" as a color name in English was in 1816. ""Bottle green"" is a color in Prismacolor marker and pencil sets. It is also the color of the uniform of the Police Service of Northern Ireland replacing the Royal Ulster Constabulary's ""rifle green"" colored uniforms in 2001. It also the green used in uniforms for South Sydney High School in Sydney. ""Bottle green"" is also the color most associated with guide signs and street name signs in the United States. Bottle green is also the background color of the Flag of Bangladesh, as"
"Botanic Gardens of Ireland which has a satellite garden and arboretum at Kilmacurragh in County Wicklow. The gardens participate in national and international initiatives for biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. The Director, Dr. Matthew Jebb, is also Chairman of PlantNetwork: The Plant Collections Network of Britain and Ireland. It is Ireland's seventh most visited attraction, and the second most visited free attraction. The poet Thomas Tickell owned a house and small estate in Glasnevin and, in 1795, they were sold to the Irish Parliament and given to the Royal Dublin Society for them to establish Ireland's first botanic gardens. A"
"Neither the shade nor the soil, nor its inter-relationships with other parts of the garden, have proved satisfactory, either in the Nicolson's time or subsequently. The Erechtheum, named after one of the temples at the Acropolis, comprises a vine-covered loggia and was used by Vita and Harold as a place for eating outside. The dominating colours in the Cottage garden are hot shades of red, orange, and yellow, a colour scheme that both Vita and Harold claimed as their own conception. Lord considers it as much a traditional ""cottage garden as Marie Antoinette was a milkmaid"" Here, as elsewhere, Vita"
"époque cream and gold colour scheme. When paying a state visit to Britain, foreign heads of state are usually entertained by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. They are allocated a large suite of rooms known as the Belgian Suite, situated at the foot of the Minister's Staircase, on the ground floor of the north-facing Garden Wing. The rooms of the suite are linked by narrow corridors, one of them is given extra height and perspective by saucer domes designed by Nash in the style of Soane. A second corridor in the suite has Gothic-influenced cross-over vaulting. The Belgian Rooms themselves"
"Magnolia (color) Magnolia is a colour named after the flowering plant of the genus Magnolia. As magnolias have flowers of more than one colour, mainly cream or pale purple, ""magnolia"" may refer to different colours in different countries. An early use of ""magnolia"" as a colour name in English was in 1880, describing it as a """"tint of cream-color"""". In the UK, magnolia is a creamy colour defined by British Standard BS 08B15, with the sRGB value (244, 233, 216) and CMYK (Coated) value (0, 5, 25, 0). Although the interiors of houses in the UK have commonly been painted"
"National Gardens Park John Deere UK’s National Gardens Park was launched in spring 2010. The campaign is based on a recent survey which revealed that an average of 15% of UK gardeners would consider getting rid of their lawns to create hard landscaped driveways, additional parking spaces and home extensions. The aim of the campaign is to discourage homeowners from considering these options and educate them in the environmental benefits of having a lawn. The campaign is currently supported by the RSBP and The Green Organisation. It encourages like-minded individuals to sign up as members. The initiative aims to provide"