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ED’S COMMENT


          SPRING IS SPRUNG!



          Spring symbolises new beginnings, renewal,   reference  to  plants
          positivity  and hope,  and words such  as   springing from the
          abloom, blooming and  blossoming are so   ground.  In  the  15th
          descriptive, especially for the green industry.  century, this got shortened
          Abloom:  bursting into flower     to  ‘spring time’ and then in
          Blooming:  the  organic  process  of  bearing   the 16th century, it was further
          flowers                           shortened to just ‘spring’.
          Blossoming: the time and process of
          budding and unfolding of blossoms.  It’s true that there is a more cheerful and   but also very sad, considering that he died
                                            light-hearted feeling when we know   by suicide in 2014.
          A quick Google search gave the following   spring  has  arrived  and  I  love  this  quote
          interesting information about the origin of   from (the late) American comedy actor   Welcome to spring.  May your spirits soar
          the word ‘spring’:                Robin Williams. He aptly summed up the   and your businesses boom !
          “Before spring was called spring, it was   season  with  his  famous,  trademark  sense
          called  Lent  in  old  English.  In  the  14th   of humour when he said: “Spring is nature’s   Karyn Richards
          century, it was called  ‘springing time’, a   way of saying ‘let’s party’!  So appropriate   Editor





















































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