Chalfont St Peter Garden Club Newsletter - June 2008
Chairman : Grace Hunter
Secretary : Susan Mills
Garden Hut Manager : Tony Gelder
Assistant Hut Manager : Keith Gould
Treasurer : Robert Bastin
Summer Show 16 August 2008
Enclosed with this months newsletter is the Summer Show
schedule. Have a look through and plan your entries.
Encourage any friends and neighbours to enter. Not many
changes, however, we have added 2 extra classes for the
Juniors, so do encourage any Juniors you know who might be
interested in entering.
Following a request about organic grown vegetables, we
are experimenting with a couple of classes to see what
interest we receive. This is difficult to define exactly and
a lot of trust is involved. One class is for home made
compost and the other for organic vegetables. These
should be grown in normal garden soil that has been prepared
using home made compost, and or farmyard manure and
fertilised with blood fish and bone, bone meal or other
organic fertilisers. Definitely not Growmore or other
proprietary inorganic brands.
Last years cup winners are asked to return their cups to
the Hut for engraving, they will then receive a certificate
to keep with the name of the cup on it. If any cup holder
finds this difficult please contact John Warren 01753 886864
Grace Hunter, Show Secretary
THE GARDEN HUT
The Garden Hut will be open every Sunday 10.00am to 12 noon;
it is very important that you remember to bring your
membership card and show it when making a purchase. The Hut
is well stocked with all Peat, Composts, Mushroom compost,
Fertilizers, Lawn care products and sundries. We have
restocked a favourite item from last year Adjustable Wire
Lawn Rakes (prices as for 2007) Stock also includes a range
of Ladies & Mens gardening gloves. New for the Club Hut
ORGANIC PEAT FREE COMPOST - by Miracle Gro in 8L bags. The
Committee would welcome any suggestions and ideas based on
any future Organic products a notebook for your comments
is at the garden hut.
JUNE SPEAKER Mrs Farley - Wednesday, 18th June
2008.
Floral Art & Exhibiting at Chelsea Flower Show - 8 p.m.
Chalfont St Peter Church Hall. Refreshments available.
Please bring your Membership Card. Entry for non-members is
£1.00.
Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust have
been offered an Open Day for visitors at Lord and Lady
Newells Garden, The Bunch, Wotton Underwood, Aylesbury,
Bucks.HP18 0RZ. On Wednesday, 2nd July 10-5 p.m. A rare
opportunity to visit this beautiful garden not usually open
to the public. In addition to the tour with Susan Williams
Gold Award Holder at Hampton Court Flower Show, there will
be a talk about the garden.
There will be two tours (maximum 20 people on the Tour) 10
a.m. with coffee and biscuits and 12 p.m. with Sandwiches
and Wine.
Other than these tours the Garden will be open for
visitors. No entrance fee but a Donation would be
appreciated.
Limited number of places available for tours and visits.
Contact Carl Undery, Income Development Manager of Air
Ambulance, on 01296 422883.
Open Day Garden : Jeff and Sue Medlocks 1 acre
garden at Craiglea House, Austenwood Lane, Gerrards Cross on
the 15th June 2- 5pm. Formal white garden bordered by
pleached hornbeam and trellis with central fountain. Lawns
edged by herbaceous and mixed borders separated from rose
garden by a pergola. Less formal area with wildlife pond,
vegetables and beds of mixed planting. Entry is £4 with
profits to the NGS list of Charities. Cream Teas available
in aid of the Red Cross. Park in St Josephs car park and
Craiglea House is at the top of the unmade road opposite the
Church and Priory Road. 01753 884852. Visitors by appt. June
& July Groups 10+. Evening Groups with Wine also
accommodated
One of our ex Speakers John Tyler will take you
on a leisurely informal two-hour stroll exploring a
selection of nature reserves to look at birds, insects,
plants, fungi etc. Limited to 12 people morning walks start
at 10.30, afternoon 2.00. June Walks are: Tues, 3rd
Warburg: Wed. 11th Bernwood: Wed. 18th Rushbeds Wood:
Fri. 27th Bernwood. Adults £5.00 Children £2.50. For more
info telephone 07814 392335 or e-mail johnclarketyler@gmail.com.
KEITHS COACH OUTINGS
July Coach Outing on Wed. 23rd is again a N/T venue and is
to NYMANS GARDENS Haywards Heath. Dont forget your n/t
mems card The house is 20th century but you can still see
the old ruins and view the old family rooms as they were
then and a 16th century painting. The 275acre wooded estate
holds a garden temple and lake together with a rose garden
and arboretum. There is even a composting demo plant.
Finally, there is a licensed restaurant and plant shop. Our
Coach will leave Ch/Hall at 9.30am. Cost of this trip for
n/t members is coach-only at £13 for club mems / and £14
for all others. Entry cost for non-n/trust visitors will be
£6.00ea to be included please. Late bookings for Mottisfont
please ring me first on 01753884012
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Please make cheques out to Chalfont .St. Peter Garden Club
and take to the hut any Sunday morning. All postal bookings
will be acknowledged by phone.
Please book me ( ) seats for Nymanst @ £13.00ea and ( ) @
£14.00ea. plus any non n/t visitors @ £6.00ea. Making a
Total of £
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...Keith Gould - 01753 884012
P.S. AS WE HAVE A STRONG DEMAND FOR CLUB OUTINGS I CANNOT
RESERVE SEATS. A BOOKING MUST BE RECEIVED, COMPLETE WITH
CHEQUE, AND IS SUBJECT TO MY CONFIRMATION. MANY THANKS,
KEITH.
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Shop locally for last minute fillers. Rowan Farm Nursery,
Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles. For Plants you cannot buy
outside the Hut on a Sunday.
Janes June Garden Tips
Potted lilies need to be supported with canes and string
as they begin to flower and become top heavy, watch out for
the red lily beetle on the stems and under leaves and
destroy them.
Stake taller perennials as they grow. Harden off tender
bedding plants and greenhouse grown vegetables by leaving
out during the day and placing under cover at night for
several days. Once planted, they need to be kept well
watered and if possible surrounded with a mulch (home made
compost) to conserve moisture. Plants mainly take up water
by their roots so care at planting time pays dividends, if
the soil is well dug over plants will have an easier root
run and the deeper the roots go the better the plants
ability to survive dry periods, a prolonged soaking is much
better than small doses which encourages surface roots that
will dry out more easily. Water during the coolest part of
the day (evening) when evaporation is at its lowest. Once
established they should not require regular watering,
however keep watering and feeding baskets and containers.
Trim back clematis Montana after flowering if getting out of
hand. Wait to thin apples after June drop; thinning can
improve size and quality of crop and prevent good year
followed by poor ones. Hoe off any raspberries canes that
appear between rows, tie in new canes, also blackberries and
loganberries. In the greenhouse grow extra pots of basil to
attract white fly, when covered remove, they prefer basil to
tomatoes. Plant out beans, sweetcorn, courgettes and
marrows, put plenty of compost in the planting hole and
allow plenty of room between plants. Carry on sowing
beetroot, brassicas, spinach and carrots and salad crops.
Thin out rows of seedling planted earlier as congested
plants never reach their full potential.
If your compost heap looks dry water it, this speeds up the
whole process.
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