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activities. These issues can have a negative impact on local communities.
BERE REGIS WI
The sale of illegal tobacco is not limited to shops, although this is still prevalent. Its
sale can take place from private homes, pubs, clubs, car boot sales and via
On the 21st September 21 WI Ladies set off on a social media such as Facebook. You must be 18 to buy tobacco in the UK. Illegal
beautiful sunny day to Compton Acres near sellers can target children, recruiting new smokers to keep their business
Poole - the South's finest privately owned sustainable.
gardens - for a guided tour around the huge
garden which is separated into a Italianate All genuine tobacco products sold in the UK must be sold in standardised (olive
garden - a small Roman Courtyard with a statue of a boy with a turtle on his back coloured) packaging. If tobacco is cheap, then the chances are it is illegal. You
- The Grotto, The Grand Italian Garden, Th Palm Court, the Wooded Valley, the can report illegal sales to Trading Standards via that Citizens Advice consumer
Bog Garden, the Rock and Water Garden, the Sculpture Garden, the Heather helpline on 0808 2231133.
Garden, the Memory Link and ended with the Japanese Garden. We were taken
on a guided tour by one of the several gardeners who must be constantly
working throughout the year to keep all the gardens in immaculate condition.
They are constantly changing the annual flower beds and especially the spring When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them
bulbs which are taken out each year - and the bulbs are disposed off and a new
variety and colour planted. So if you are lucky enough to be in the garden at this you saw their advert in this magazine - it helps them
time of year you may be able to pick up these discarded bulbs. monitor the effectiveness of their advert and helps us
The paths around the
gardens varied from hilly to generate more advertising revenue!!
flat so it was quite a relief to
sit down outside the
Summer House from where
you could see the sea in
the distance and listen to
the gardener. We then
p r o g r e s s e d t o t h e
Japanese Garden which is
recognised as one of the
best in Britain. The Tea
House and the Thatched
S u m m e r h o u s e a r e
constructed to authentic
d e s i g n s a n d a r e
surrounded by beautiful
Japanese Maples and Asiatic flowering Shrubs.
Having reached the end of our tour we arrived at the plant centre where they
stock a variety of plants, tools and other garden sundries then into the Gift shop
selling unique gifts, toys, cards and even Italian food!
At very good prices too! Very well worth a visit.
Then . of course, what we were all anticipating - the Cream Tea - and it did not
disappoint. It was wonderful.

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