Article: In the garden: Why Tim is the Midland Lily King.(Living)

Byline: Howard Drury

TAKE the top of a windswept hill in Leicestershire, a young lad, and a strong gale.

The result? Devastated polythene tunnels and a bloomin' business in tatters.

But that's not enough to keep a good man - and his dad - down.

Tim Oakland and his father, John, have battled back to rebuild their nursery in the very open but beautiful corner of the East Midlands known as Burton-on-the-Wolds.

It's just three miles east of Loughborough and it's a winner - in more ways than one. Tim has scooped top medals all round ...

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