When it comes down to it, L.A.’s palm trees are like the lilies of the field, glorious to behold but neither toiling nor spinning, many of them sucking down water and providing barely enough shade to ...

w ith palm trees and tropical plant s. At the eastern end of the garden is The Old Squash Court and adjoining bothies. A productive kitchen garden provides ingredients to the Castle and Boars Head.

A council has offered an explanation after almost 20 trees were chopped down in the grounds of Newark Castle. A total of 16 trees and some shrubs were removed from the grounds last month in order ...