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STIHL adds new products to range

STILH has announced that it will be extending its 2008 range of products for gardeners with a choice of quality electric products joining respected petrol-driven models.

Electric hedge trimmers and grass trimmers plus a powerful electric leaf blower and vacuum will join the range of hand-held products for use by gardeners at home.

The STILH group has re-aligned its brands to optimise choice and from 2008 all hand-held power tools will fall under the STIHL brand while sister company VIKING will concentrate on lawn mowers, shredders and tillers. The move demonstrates the Group’s customer focus and customer need rather than driven by technology as previously.

Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal

The Great Daffodil Appeal will take place in March and to celebrate a new range of daffodil-inspired products has been created especially for the charity. These are available to buy online and on the high street from February.

Yellow and black daffodil wellies and an umbrella in yellow and black daffodil design with waterproof bag will be available from Marie Curie Cancer Care Shops from February. Visit mariecurie.org.uk/shopping. Handmade Daffodil Bath Fizz Bombs will be available from Littlecote Soap Co., who will donate £1 to Marie Curie throughout March. Log onto www.littlecotesoap.co.uk

Fresh daffodils, in celebration for choosing Marie Curie Cancer Care as its Charity for 2008, will be on sale in Tesco, with a donation of 5p from the sale of every bunch of Speciality Daffodils.

Cornish daffodils – hand picked and packed fresh from the Fentongollan farm field – are also available and Marie Curie will receive £1 from each sale. Orders can be made through www.flowerfarm.co.uk

Every donation will give people the choice of free specialist nursing care and emotional support to terminally ill patients in their homes. For more information visit www.mariecurie.org.uk/daffodil

New South Downs Heritage Garden

The legacy of gardening in Britain is being marked with the opening of a heritage garden in April, as the centrepiece of the new South Downs Heritage Centre, just outside Brighton.

From the arrival of the Romans to the present day, gardening has been a vital part of our culture and survival and the aim of the new centre will be to explain how plants have been used over the centuries throughout England and especially in Sussex. The new visitor attraction will also show how plants can be used both practically and aesthetically to create a beautiful garden.

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