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Anne Bell retweeted
130 years ago today, on June 20th 1894 Roath Park was officially opened by the Earl of Dumfries (the son of the Marquis of Bute).
To mark the anniversary, our parks team decided to 'push the boat out' and create a special bedding display by the lake.
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ALT A rowing boat filled with bedding plants, in a flowerbed by Roath Park lake.
Anne Bell retweeted
Botanical gardens ‘most effective’ green space at cooling streets in heatwaves
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Golden weeping willow (Salix × sepulcralis var. chrysocoma) and reflection in the River Taff at #Bute Park
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Rowing on #Roath Park Lake in the 1920s...in the dress code of the day!
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In #Cathays Cemetery, Fairoak Road boundary, autumn colour in triplicate - l to r Sweet gum (Liquidambar styraciflua), Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica), and Tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera 'Fastigiatum')
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'New Horizon' Elm avenue in #Pontcanna Fields, planted to mark Cardiff's centenary as a city in 2005
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Golden Siberian elm (Ulmus pumila 'Aurescens') in #Bute Park, a very rare tree & a GB champion
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