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Mike Hughes 1967-2022

Sadly, Mike Hughes, late Head Gardener and Friend, died suddenly on New Year's Day 2022. Beginning when he left school, Mike worked at the Botanic Garden for almost 39 years. Click here to read tributes to Mike in the Northern Echo.

When the Botanic Garden closed on 18th March 2020 because of the Covid pandemic, Mike took photos every day of things that caught his eye and wrote notes about them.

He published his photos and notes in a blog each day for 300 days until the garden opened up again on 11th January 2021. There is an article about Mike's blog on the BBC News website.