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Hampton court 2010 |
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8:35 PM |
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| The Gardening Club were successful at the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2010 in winning a Gold Grenfell Medal and the Best Inspiring Space Award with their exhibit titled "Tales From The River Bank", designed by Carolyn Barrow. The Inspiring Spaces category calls for container planting within a 2 meter cube and should be designed to provide inspiration to gardeners who have an awkward corner to plant. This years exhibit is built on and around a riverside jetty that is approached from a field. Chalk land turf borders one side of the exhibit and a little stream planted with water loving plants provides interest down one of the other sides. The Long Water at Hampton Court is "The River" which illustrates making use of the immediate surrounds to enhance the planting area.The jetty handrails support window boxes and a broken flag pole that in turn supports a hanging basket, and this gives the height to the exhibit. On the jetty there is a fishing creel, picnic basket with a thermos flask, an old watering can, a kettle planted with mint (for that Pims!), a tyre and a little pond with miniature water lilies. All these containers are planted with grasses, rushes, honesuckle, cosmos, Achillea, Hostas etc. in all over 300 plants were used. Old nylons filled with soil and shaped into large pebbles and rocks are planted with Mind Your Own Business and Creeping Jenny and are used to disguise the mechanics and containers used to create this exhibit. This neat trick was the invention of one of the members. In all some 12 members of the club were involved in either watering and caring of the plants, providing the raw materials and containers and helping in the construction of the exhibit at Hampton Court Jim Buttress, the head judge commented "The attention to detail, the passion that has obviously gone into the construction and the fact that everywhere that you looked there was something of interest to see makes this a worthy winner of the Best Inspiring Space". |
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Hampton Court Flower Show July 2008 |
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8:48 PM |
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Hi
After last years success in the hanging basket and window box we have got through to have a small 2m x 2m Garden plot Called inspirinf space and ours is the beach see the photo |
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Members evenning |
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8:37 PM |
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We have just had our memembers evening where all bring along somthing they have made to eat and we all sample it with the recipe this year the most poppular was
Carrot Date and Pecan Bars
Pre Heat oven Gas Mark 5
125g Wholemeal or Plain Flour
1/2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp. Baking Powder
2 Large Eggs
100g Golden Syrup
150g Grated Carrots
100g Pecan Nuts
250g Chopped Dates
Put Flour Cinamon and Baking Powder in a large bowl and add a pinch of salt
Stir in Eggs and Golden Syrup
Then mix in all the remaining ingredients
Spoon into the Cake tin
and cook for about 30 mins. untill Golden Brown and a skewer inserted comes out clean
cool on a wire rack Cut into bars they will keep upto 5 days in a air tight container
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Camberley And Lightwater Summer Show |
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10:55 AM |
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Dear All Surrey Heath Local over 60s Craft Clubs
We are holding Summer Show at Notcutts Garden Centre London Road Bagshot on Saturday 28th August 2004. We would like you to enter the Craft section I have included a copy of the schedule Last year we had four Craft Clubs and Day Centres enter. Pinehurst won the senior citizens Cup Presented by the Camberley News.
Even if you do not get first you can win as we give points for each entry your Club puts in, any thing from knitted Dish cloth to carved figures
Points are
1st 5
2nd 4
3rd 2
Highly Commended 1 + ALL ENTRANTS ARE GIVEN 1 POINT
Last year we had 135 exhibits from the over 60s and are looking for more this year.
We look forward to hearing from you soon to let us know if you would like more information or just to let me know you would like to exhibit
I can pick up your exhibits the week before and then display them for you and return them during the following week all exhibits must come with your name on but be able to be removed for judging
We have raised over £1500 for Local Charities including the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice. And Link Leisure over the last three years
Yours sincerely
wendy.richardson@zoom.co.uk
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My request |
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10:51 PM |
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I have just sent out the news letter even if you do not attend our garden club I will always send you a news letter so sign up today and give me feed back below is a report on our last meeting by one of our members
Wendy Chairman |
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Plant proporgation |
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10:49 PM |
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Hardy Plant Propagation by Geoff Yates
We were promised a fun evening by Geoff Yates and that is exactly what we had. He showed us how to propagate some hardy perennials in several unusual ways using his sharp knife.
A clump of hardy Geraniums was chopped down, roots trimmed and divided into about twenty small plants. These could then be planted in a season.
A Bergenia Rhizone was sliced up into inch thick rings and planted out in a small tray of compost half covered by compost (like and egg in an egg cup), watered and covered with thin polythene and placed under a greenhouse bench. In about 18 months they will have flown into good strong plants. Flag Irises can be treated the same way.
An ornamental fern (Poly Stichum Plumosum Divisitobium) was cut off and pegged down in a small tray of compost with garden wine (hair Grips), watered and covered with thin polythene and placed under greenhouse bench. In a year on so a tiny forest of new ferns will have been produced which can then be detached and planted our. That will save pounds!
Hostas can be chopped up into really tiny pieces each with an ‘eye’ planted in small tray of compost watered and covered with thin polythene and placed under greenhouse bench. It takes about eighteen months to produce small plants.
The most amazing treatments was meted out to the hardy Lobelias – stem was cut above and below a pain of leaves and then the stem was sliced half vertically so that each cutting had one leaf and half a stem. The new bud is in the axle – this is a job for the summer, cuttings were planted in a tray of compost waterproof covered and put under greenhouse bench.
Geoff popped a leaf from a shepherds purse in a mouth and chewed it up – belonging to the watercress family it apparently had a peppery taste!
Aubretias can be propagated by knotting plants can be pulled up and divided, at any time of the year, (roots are long and straggly) and the roots are bound round and round and planted out in a spare patch of vegetable garden.
Lily stems were cut into suitable lengths and laid in a seed tray, watered and covered with thin polythene. Mature Lilies and Hostas can be watered with a systemic insecticide PROVADO which apparently deters slugs, snails and lily beetle – that is reassuring news. I’ll try that along with the vaseline, crushed seashells and (dishes of water for Hostas).
A most interesting and enjoyable evening I can’t wait to get started with my penknife.
By Marion Ross
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| We have just had our Members evening I spoke to most members and they all said they enjooed it we had some 20 different food dishes to sample and most seemed to enjoy the summer pudding and enjoyed sampling the home made wine I thought the red was very nice thanks Richard. |
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We have had a very good show with making £200 going to Camberley Mencap. Our first News letter has gone out by e-mail i. It has been sugested that we charge 10p for printed copys at the meeting. Iam also looking for articles for it please help
We have also started a review of the last meeting on this web site |
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I have just got back from a wonderful Garden Party at Andy's And Shirley's well done both of you and all the others who helped make the day. We even had perfect weather.
Next is the Show on 23rd August at Nottcuts Garden Centre at Bagshot the tombola Items are comming in and so are the prizes Pennyhill Park have given us a round of golf for 4 at Manning Heath, 16 Meals from Jacks Fish Shops, Swiming From the Arena Leisure Centre, for 5 sessions, John Nike Skating, Coral Reef Swimming, Bracknell Sport Centre, and The Lookout Bracknell
We will have a Fruit, Vegetables, Flowers, Photos Domestic and Craft Displays of items form the past and a finished dolls house, one under renovation and models.
We will also be holding a raffle & tombola with all proffit going to Camberley Mencap.
Day Centres have a chance to win the Camberley News Senior Citizens Craft Cup for more information please contact Chairman |
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I am back on line with luck a monthly news letter. Mark has written new software for easy editing of the web site and changed the name to Lightwater Gardening Club with new logo for this site and on to our headed paper design by a friend of his.It seems to be very good.
I have even managed to do other web site links PLEASE PLEASE e-mail me with ideas of what you would like to see on this site I need feed back. Chairman |
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| New website launched for lightwater Gardening Club, new features coming soon, include. Members area, Forums and tips section, a new improved image gallery for you to upload your pictures. |
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Well yet another year has passed no more increase In fees. we are now settled into our new venue. Windlesham Link Hall it is more economical.
I think it has a more friendly atmosphere here has well. we hope you like it and continue to join us.
Please let us know what you think about the meetings shows and venue to contact me just Chairperson link on the right. |
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Complete redesign of web site, relocation on to new server, recoded all pages.
awaiting approval |
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