Garden Visit to Broomhill Sculpture Garden

Members enjoyed a trip to north Devon for a visit to Trelawny Garden Centre at Barnstaple before visiting Broomhill Scupture Garden just outside Barnstaple.

A hot buffet lunch was provided which members enjoyed before wandering around the paths of the garden to see the varied, often strange, sculptures.

A sunny afternoon saw many members sitting on the terrace sipping tea whilst chatting to each other.

Coffee Morning Success

The Spring coffee morning and plant sale proved successful for the club last week. A steady flow of members and friends stopped by for a cuppa and view the many plants for sale.

The members plant competition plants - Chocolate Cosmos supplied by Cove Garden Nursery were on sale. There are still a few left - please contact Tim Nichols if you want one.

The raffle was popular as was the bring and buy.

Brian Carlson's Practical evening

"Hanging Baskets, Tubs and Pots" was the title of the talk given to members by Brian Carlson of Willand. He started his demonstration with a hanging basket, giving members advice on his recommended size of the basket, which is easiest to take care of. He then went on to show us his way of lining and filling the basket, the best mixture of soil and a selection of plants to use to give the best effect. Tubs and pots followed and advice given on planting, illustrated with pictures of all three containers including award winning items.

The audience very appreciative and many questions were asked. The main advice he gave was to water containers once a day and twice a day in hot weather and deadhead regularly.

The Chairman, Tim Nichols, thanked Mr Carlson for his interesting and informative talk.

April Talk tonight

Brian Carlson from Willand is our guest speaker tonight at 7.30pm at The Memorial Hall. Discussing "Hanging Baskets and Container Plants, he will be bringing some young plants for sale.

Guests entrance fee is £1 & free to members.

Plants for Shade by Paul Fonnereau

Paul Fonnereau, one of the new owners of Cove Garden Nursery visited the Club to give an interesting talk on his subject "Plants for Shade", illustrated with slides. He started by giving us the causes and features of share, then went on to suggest ways of improving the situation. Next he described how many plants have adapted over the years, to cope with the problems, the slides giving us an insight as to how this has been achieved. The final section of his talk gave us plant selections which are suitable for difficult shady, damp and have these areas in our gardens.

The evening finished with a question time, plant sale and usual cup of tea.

April talk

Don't forget the next evening talk will be held on Tuesday 26th April at The Memorial Hall, Angel Hill commencing at 7.30pm. Brian Carlson from Willand will showing and discussing how to plant and grow successful hanging baskets and containers.

Please come and join us - free entry to members and & £1 for guests (which is refunded if you decide to join).

Information from the newly formed Dulverton Garden Club

A new garden club has opened in Dulverton.

Here is some information:

Fri 10th June The Garden House Trip (Favorite Garden of Carol Klein)
Members £20 & Non Members £23 (Inc. Coach, entrance & Intro)
£10 deposit required. Departure from Exmoor House Dulverton at 11am, please arrive 15 mins before departure.

Sun 26th June Secret Garden of Dulverton 10am - 5pm
The 4th year of the highly successful open gardens; At least 16 Dulverton gardens will be open of which 8 are new this year. The main donation will be to The Youth Club. Programmes can be brought for £3 in advance from the Post Office or £4 on the day. On the day refreshments will be available in the Town Hall.

Mon 18th July David Austin's Roses Trip
Members £30.50 & Non members £33.50 (Inc. Coach, entrance, tour, high tea & a 10% discount voucher). £10 deposit required. Departure from Exmoor House Dulverton at 9am, please arrive 15 mins before departure.

Sat 20th August Dulverton Flower & Produce Show, 2pm in the Town Hall. Visitors welcome, auction 4pm, raffle & refreshments will be available.

If any would like to join us for any of these activities, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Kind regards

Amanda Bardgett
(events co ordinator for Dulverton Gardening Club)

Phone: 01398 371659