Chalfont St Peter Garden Club Newsletter - March 2007
Chairman: Charles Flawn
Secretary: Linda Hills-Harrop
Treasurer: Robert Bastin
Garden Hut Manager: Cliff Thayer
http://www.gardenclub.org.uk Dear Member
Your Garden Club offers everything you need to grow! In
knowledge and advice gained from our meetings. Grow in
experience from observing how others garden on our outings
and in your own garden by using the products sold at the
Garden Club Hut.
After many years of service our Auditor wishes to resign.
Our books are audited in January/February ready for the AGM
in March, can you help?
Please volunteer! We need YOU!
You can contact a member of the committee telephone numbers
are listed. Send your news to the editor of the newsletter
Susan Mills by e mail at or why not
visit our website and forward comments and feedback to
The Garden Hut will be open every Sunday from 10.00am to 12
noon.
It is very important you remember to bring your membership
card and show it when you make a purchase.
A 10% Discount on all sales of £20 and over will be offered
(except ERIN at 3 for £10) Single bags of ERIN attract the
10% discount.
In stock we have a new supply of watering cans!
A new item in stock is MAXICROP Lawn moss killer plus
tonic this will be sold loose as other maxicrop products.
There are a few Wilkinson soil rakes available at £10.50 (RRP
£17) also border forks at discount.
A delivery of adjustable lawn rakes is expected. Enquire at
the Hut.
Dont forget PROVADO lawn bug killer for later in the year.
After complaints about last years GROWBAGS we now stock
ARTHUR BOWERS bags a reliable branded product.
Details of special offers from manufacturers and wholesalers
will be published when available at the Hut. Cliff Thayer
Janes Garden Tips:
Its time to order or visit the local garden centre and
choose bedding plants, usually in plug form for growing on
in a frost-free greenhouse, if unheated cover young plants
with fleece on cold nights. Lift and divide any clumps of
perennials, before the shoots get too large, lift and divide
snowdrops. Fork over borders to loosen surface compaction,
removing weeds as you go, add plenty of compost and sprinkle
a general fertiliser around the base of roses, shrubs trees
and hedges, to replace lost nutrients. As young shoots of
hostas and delphiniums appear protect from slugs and snails
using your preferred method. Sow carrots, radish, lettuce, brassicas, parsnips, turnips,
parsley and spinach. In shallow seed drills sprinkle multi
purpose compost along the drill to provide a buffer against
weeds and give more reliable germination. Use wider seed
drills (spade width) for peas and broad beans. Sow tomatoes,
cucumbers, peppers, chillies and aubergines if you can
provide heat for germination. Plant early potatoes and onion
sets, but with all early sowings keep an eye on the weather
and protect seedlings from heavy rain. Protect emerging
leaves of potatoes with cloches or fleece if frost is
forecast. Spike the lawn for aeration and apply a moss-
killer, start mowing on a high setting. Photographic
Competition
Once again during the Spring Show we are having a
photographic competition, similar to last years event. This
year we are having 3 classes (slightly different from last
year). Photos may be in colour or black and white. Each
class you enter should be mounted separately on paper or
card no bigger than A4. Mark the class on the back. You will
be asked to judge the entries. Class 1 - A Garden
Class 2 - Spring Flowers
Class 3 - A Landscape
Wisley You are invited on March.20th to walk the new
glasshouses. This will allow the RHS to assess the visitor
flow around the site. Admission applies but coffee is
provided. You need to arrive by 10 am. Allow 1 ½ hours for
the visit.
From the Membership Secretary Reminder to members the
subscriptions were due to be paid by the end of February.
Renewal forms are available at the hut and on the internet
or at the Wednesday meetings. The Club will allow further
renewal during March, with no Joining fee. Electronic Newsletter
14 members have indicated they are
willing to help me with the experiment of sending out
newsletters by e-mail, this is extremely helpful. I need to
have as many members as possible to make it a viable
experiment.
Please email me at agreeing to allow
me to send the newsletter by e-mail. You will still receive
the paper version while the experiment lasts and afterwards.
KEITHS COACH OUTINGS
April 25th Lacock Abbey and Village
Chippenham National Trust. Village 1300s, Harry Potter and
Moll Flanders filmed there. Also the Fox Talbot photographic
museum, a woodland garden and 18th C summer house.
Refreshments available in the village. Non National Trust
members pay £7.40 entry. Coach 9.30am Church Lane.
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I would like to book
.seats @ £12 for members/£13
non-members
Name & Address
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Total £
Cheque made payable to Chalfont St Peter Garden
Club
Send to: - Mr K Gould, 10 Leachcroft, Chalfont St Peter,
Bucks SL9 9LG
Meetings: This months meeting will be held on Wednesday
March 21. AGM followed by A History of Gerrards Cross and
Chalfont St Peter by Julian Hunt (author)
At the meeting in February an appreciative audience heard
Jolyon Lea speak on Finding wild Orchids in the Chilterns.
With his spectacular slides and infectious enthusiasm, he
also took us to Provence, Northern Cyprus and Greece.
Ideas for March 2007
Stoke Poges Memorial Garden
The recently restored garden is delightful and open to the
public on:-
Saturday 24 March, Sunday 22 April, and Wednesday 16 April,
Entry 2-5pm, cost £3.50 to include guided walks on the hour.
Farmers Market at Gerrards Cross 14 March 2007
Farmers Market at Beaconsfield 24 March 2007
Sign up for a one day course at Gerrards Cross Summer
School. Wild Flowers and Climate Change or Herbaceous Plants
The Glory of the Garden.
For Sale:
Cold Frame. Alloy/glass length 48 ins x width 24 ins x
height
Average 13 ins £24. Tel. 01494 87199 P.M.Smith (member)
Buyer Beware. Through the medium of this Newsletter the club
is bringing to your attention, opportunities that may
interest you, however, you must satisfy yourself that they
meet your requirements as Chalfont St. Peter Garden Club
will accept no legal, moral or financial responsibility. |
