Chalfont St Peter Garden Club Newsletter - June 2009
Chairman : Grace Hunter
Secretary : Susan Mills
Garden Hut Manager : Tony Gelder
Assistant Hut Manager : Keith Gould
Treasurer : Robert Bastin
Summer Show 22nd August 2009
The Annual Summer Show: the schedule is enclosed with the
Newsletter. There are not many changes, but do read sizes
carefully as some have been modified. Also read the Club
rules on page 14 as well as consulting the RHS Handbook at
the Hut. We have dropped the organic classes and added the
numbers to the Photographic Section. Please do have a go and
enter as many classes as you can so that we can put on our
usual interesting display. For those who have not yet dipped
their toes into showing do look at the Novice classes which
have not been well supported in recent years.
The Floral Art classes have been drawn up by Mrs Dibben,
the judge who stepped in last year at the last minute and
was keen to continue. Please give her plenty of support in
these classes, and again the Novice class is not well
supported but is an ideal way to start. Cups: A reminder
to 2008 Cup winners that the cups should be returned during
June to the hut so that they can be cleaned and engraved
ready for the Show.
Grace Hunter, Show Secretary.
Grace Hunter, Show Secretary
JUNE SPEAKER Mr Michael Hardy - Wednesday, 17th
June 2009.
A Tour of the Parish Churches of the Buckinghamshire
Chilterns
8 p.m. Chalfont St Peter Church Hall. Refreshments
available. Please bring your Membership Card. Entry for
non-members is £1.00. Janes June Garden Tips
Now the danger of frost has, hopefully, passed, plant out
Summer bedding into soil that has been well prepared with
garden compost and some general fertilizer raked into it to
aid the production of flowers. Add slow release granules to
baskets and containers; also continue to feed throughout the
Summer with liquid or a granular feed (containing potassium
which boosts flower growth) this ensures plenty of flowers
are formed. Give everything a good watering and keep well
watered throughout the summer. The most beneficial time of
day to water is during the evening to allow plants to take
up moisture overnight. As many of these plants put on a lot
of growth at this time of year and to encourage a more
compact bushy plant, pinch out the growing tips of shoots to
the top of a leaf joint or node. As flowers fade, deadhead
to stop those making seeds and encourage more flowers.
Continue staking and tying in climbers and taller growing
perennials. Divide primroses, aubrietia and arabis, trimming
the leaves back as you replant. Plant out runner beans
providing cane support where required. Plant out tender
plants, French beans, tomato, sweetcorn, courgette, pumpkins
and leeks. There is also time to sow beetroot, carrots,
peas, beans, lettuce, salad leaves and radish. Keep
greenhouse well ventilated and damp down by splashing water
around to provide moist conditions during hot weather. Start
to feed tomatoes and other greenhouse crops. Cabbage white
butterflies will be laying their eggs on the underside of
brassica leaves, rub off the yellow eggs before you lose the
crop or put fine netting over to stop the eggs being laid.
Earth up potatoes to encourage more tubers to develop.
THE GARDEN HUT
If the weather is kind, June should be one of the months
to be out in the garden or to make a visit to see what
stocks of products are at your Garden Club Hut on any Sunday
morning from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
Lawns can still be treated this month, the Hut has stocks of
Evergreen Lawn Feed and Weed for your lawns; buy 2 bags to
save £2 (your Gardening Club has Lawn Spreaders for Members
to use foc); also Vitex Green Up lawn feed and weed and
Verdone Extra weed killer for lawns. Hut stocks include
garden canes in sizes 3ft to 8ft; green canes 2ft for
flowers; decorative and composted bark can be used to
enhance beds and suppress weeds; For the members that want
to use a good quality potting compost Sinclair SHL Potting
Growing Medium 80lt bags as used by the horticultural trade
and nurseries (this item is not available at the local
garden centres, gardening shops or DIY chains); Perlite and
Vermiculite large and small bags (our prices are lower than
the local garden centres). Other stocked items of
interest: to plant up baskets or containers Phostrogen
Swellgell (water retaining medium); Osmocote long lasting
feed granules (1lb bags) or tablets, sold in handy sized
bags of 10, 20 and 30 (local garden centres sell boxes of 33
at higher prices than your Club prices; To further feed
plants, either packets of Phostrogen plant slow release
tablets; 1lt bottles of Maxicrop liquid feed for tomatoes
and general use. NEW stocks of MOTH TRAPS and REFILLs for
use on fruit trees; Slug Stoppa Copper 4m tape for putting
around plant pots and Slug Defence Gel for putting on the
soil around plants. Good variety of products to control
the bugs, fungus and weeds in ready to use sprays,
concentrate containers or members can buy in granular form
single sachet (unlike the local garden centres that sell
boxes with a larger minimum quantity of sachets).
Please show your Membership Card when you make a purchase.
Plant Swop/Sale
This was held in the Church Hall on Wednesday, 20th May
and was a great success with many Bargains to be had. The
attendance was high this year as there was no competition
from Football matches. KEITHS COACH OUTINGS
I feel that I to have to reiterate that credits are only
given for venue entries unpaid and not for unused seats when
you are unable to go on the day or do not turn up for
whatever reason.. Cancellations made up to two weeks before
are fully credited for a future outing within 12 months.
The JULY 16th (Thursday) outing is to Borde Hill Gardens (Haywards
Heath) famous for its great variety of rare trees set in
200 acres of parkland with 17 acres of garden. Have a
lakeside picnic or eat at the Cafe Elvena and Jeremys
restaurant. A general note- We expect to leave the Church
Hall by 9.30am but, if you all arrive soon after 9am., we
may be able to leave earlier. - Cost is £20 for club members
& £22 for non club members. Please Note We still have
seats for June 10th - Cotswold Wildlife park- and to
Loseley House & Gardens June 24th - Telephone
KEITH
01753/884012
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Please make cheques out to Chalfont .St. Peter Garden Club
and post to MR.K.GOULD, 10 Leachcroft, Chalfont St.Peter,
Bucks. SL9 9LG or take to the hut any Sunday morning all
postal bookings will be acknowledged by phone.
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Please book me ( ) seats for Borde Hill
Members @ £20.00ea and non-members ( ) @ £22.00ea.
Name
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Address
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Phone.No
...Keith Gould - 01753 884012 Open
Day Garden
Jeff and Sue Medlocks 1 acre garden at Craiglea House,
Austenwood Lane, Gerrards Cross on the 7th June 2- 5pm 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.
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