Taxi driver Pete Gover enjoys a glass of orange in his magnificent garden, festooned with over 200 Petunias, Geraniums, Lobelia and Lillies. The 57 year old even has coaches stopping to admire the fantastioc array of colour as they pass by on the Eastern Road at Portsmouth, one of the main thoroughfares into the city. But this is no ordinary garden it is three stories up in a block of flats the only dash of colour on an otherwise drab estate. Pete said ''I have been gradually expanding my display since I started with a couple of pots a few cyears ago. It just seems to grow year on year bu I
Taxi driver Pete Gover enjoys a glass of orange in his magnificent garden, festooned with over 200 Petunias, Geraniums, Lobelia and Lillies. The 57 year old even has coaches stopping to admire the fantastioc array of colour as they pass by on the Eastern Road at Portsmouth, one of the main thoroughfares into the city. But this is no ordinary garden it is three stories up in a block of flats the only dash of colour on an otherwise drab estate. Pete said ''I have been gradually expanding my display since I started with a couple of pots a few cyears ago. It just seems to grow year on year bu I don,t think it can get any bigger now because I've run out of space on my balcony'' Pete has watered the blooms twiice a day during the heatwave. He says, ''Its been quite a struggle in the prolonged dry weather but they seem to be doing better than ever.'' PIC MIKE WALKER, MIKE WALKER PICTURES,2013
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