A Talk by Roger Umpelby The August meeting on Wednesday 13 August is all about British Butterflies. There is so much concern about these lovely insects and their declining numbers that hopefully lots of you will come to find out moreabout them and what we can do to help. Roger is a professional entomologist and …
We are heading to Shropshire to visit the David Austin Rose Centre to see over 4000 roses planted in six themed rose gardens. Reputed to be one of the finest rose gardens in the world – we can spend the afternoon wandering through the fragrant pathways appreciating all the wonderful colours of the spectacular roses. …
Just to let you know that our next meeting of the Gardening Club on the 14th of May is a “Social and Plant Sale”. Bring any plants you don’t need that you would look to add to our sale but don’t worry if you do not have any spare plants, just come along and enjoy the social …
As I’ve written before, in Japan the seasons are broken down into 72 micro seasons and given little titles. I find it quite delightful and, although their seasons may not be the same as ours, I like to see what they call them. So just a few examples from these two months:- April 5-9 Swallows …
GARDENING HINTS Last week I had a glorious day in the sunshine dealing with leaves – there were so many! And still the lime tree, which is huge, was hanging on so there are lots more to come down. We are lucky to have part of the garden which we call ‘The Shrubbery’ where we …
Gardening Hints – June/July 2024 In the last issue I wrote about my discovery of the box moth in my box hedge, and my plans to use an organic treatment for it. Since then I have seen one moth which I was able to identify from the description on line, and found two caterpillars. I …