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- ↑ "RHS honours four with horticulture's highest accolade". Royal Horticultural Society. 1 July 2005. Archived from the original on 20 November 2005.
- ↑ "Tony Lord: The Avant gardener - Eclectic gardener Tony Lord has a way with the weird" [ permanent dead link ] from "Pest Detectives, Fruit Trees, Weird Gardening and More" Dirt On Gardening episode DDOG-107 (2007), DIY Network [ dead link ]
- ↑ Ireland, Carolyn (22 August 2008) "Gardens à la carte; The former gardens adviser to Britain's National Trust provides a selection of menu options for the amateur horticulturalist" The Globe and Mail (Canada) p. G-8
- ↑ Lord, Tony (1994) Best Borders Viking, New York, NY ISBN 0-670-85407-7 ;
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