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Article: Wanted: Hairy hermit for Tatton flower show cave; RHS flower show seeks loner to take up residence.
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- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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Byline: JADE WRIGHT
COMPLETE silence, a ban on bathing and a love of solitude are all part of the job description for a unique position that has become available at Tatton Park - after remaining vacant for the last 150 years.
Head gardener Sam Youd is appealing for an individual showing promise as a modern-day hermit to take residence in his Hermit's Grotto garden, which will be on display at the RHS Show Tatton Park this month.
Sam's grotto was inspired by 19th-century romanticism when many jilted lovers turned their back on society to reflect and philosophise in solitude, while elsewhere grand residences embraced the trend to hire a hermit ...