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Sustainable Heritage: Preserving the Past, Securing the Future

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I recently had the privilege of participating in an inspiring volunteering programme with European Heritage Volunteers in collaboration with Klassik Stiftung Weimar during the UNESCO-Welterbestätten Deutschland e.V. German World Heritage Day. The title of this remarkable initiative was “Sustainable Practices of Heritage Conservation in Times of Climate Change.” Today, as…

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People in hi-vis jackets and hard hats work in the Camellia House laying a screed floor. Scaffolding and green netting is visible along the walls.

How Wentworth Woodhouse is keeping its historic camellias safe during major restoration of the building which has been their home for 200 years

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A lost collection of rare and historic camellias at Rotherham’s Wentworth Woodhouse are being cosseted through a major restoration of the building which has been their home for 200 years. The collection includes some of the earliest camellias brought into the country in the early 1800s. Camellia were much-prized in…

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