Work to tackle a damaging plant disease gets underway at the National Trust for Scotland’s Arduaine Garden in Argyll next week. The move is the latest step in the conservation charity’s plan to manage the outbreak of Phytophthora ramorum, more commonly known as sudden oak death. The Trust has been managing the disease – which […]
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