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Phil Bates in his Cardiff South garden.
Scott Bevan kayaking by a pier; it's just before dawn.

Program: Garden Rambles: Episode 33 – Phil Bates

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For Phil Bates, the degenerative condition of muscular dystrophy was not going to block him from pursuing his love of gardening.

He's reshaped his Cardiff South garden to accommodate a wheelchair and has planned the beds so he can tend to plants.

And as Phil shows the ABC’s Scott Bevan around his garden, he points out his escape space is also a flourishing haven for all things native – including bees.  

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Phil Bates in his Cardiff South garden. 

Cardiff, Muswellbrook, Gardening
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