The
Manchester
based
popular
beat
combo
'
Oasis
' are
keen
flower
arrangers
and named the
group
after their
favourite
display
medium
.
Noel
, who is
honourary
life
president
of the
Denton
Chrysanthemum
Lovers
, was once
arrested
for
removing
leaf
specimens
from
Kew
Gardens
, while
Liam
is
currently
writing
a
book
on the
relative
merits
of
chicken
manure
over
synthetic
fertilisers
. It is
rumoured
that the
next
release
will
be a
concept
album
based
on
high
yield
strains
of
tomato
plant
.
Richard Hall
[undated]