Monday 16 July 2018

"Finest lawn in Oxford or Cambridge and therefore in Britain, and therefore the world"


Q is for Quad Man

In the weekend's Telegraph's Gardening section  was an article written by Tim Richardson celebrating the Great British Lawn entitled "An A-Z of Britain's love affair with the lawn". For the letter 'Q', see the first photograph, Tim writes about the 'Quad Man' and by the end of the 12 lines states that "the sward at Worcester College, Oxford, is generally considered to be the finest lawn in Oxford or Cambridge and therefore in Britain, and therefore the world". The next two photographs show the lawn as it is today and why it has justifiably received such an accolade.

"Finest lawn in Oxford or Cambridge and therefore in Britain, and therefore the world"

The Quad lawn

5 comments:

  1. I was once told a story of when an American visitor asked the secret behind a fine Oxford lawn.
    He was informed all he had to do was sow and tend and mow lovingly for 200 years! Complete rubbish of course.
    You guys seem really up to date with modern turf management.

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    1. Thank you Roger, this lawn has only taken 303 years!

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