Chalfont St Peter Garden Club Newsletter - November 2009
Chairman: Grace Hunter 01753 884006
Secretary: Susan Mills 01753 885496
Treasurer: Robert Bastin 01753 891398
Garden Hut Manager: Tony Gelder 01494 873316
Membership Secretary: Richard Fenton 01494 871308
Editor: Diana Longshaw 01753884448
Newsletter Email info @gardenclub.org.uk
While autumn is a sign that the year is coming to an end, it
can also be a colourful tribute to the year that has gone
by. Walking in our beautiful Chiltern Hills is humbling and
inspiring and their autumn finery is a sight to see.
October Speaker Report
An audience of over fifty members and guests heard Mr Hilary
Newman talk to us about The Winter Garden. A very enjoyable
evening.
He proved to be an engaging speaker, with a wealth of
experience as a professional gardener and lecturer in
horticulture.
Using magnificent colour slides, he ranged widely,
explaining that over the years, with gradual climate change,
some plants could now grow outside which would not earlier
have been able to flourish. His examples included views of a
number of gardens open to the public.
He included trees, shrubs, evergreens, and alpines and
commented on the way in which botanists, over the years had
tended to change the names given to plants.
We all appreciated his humorous approach, full of
information.
Speaker 18th November 2009
Dr Peter Brandham The Flowers of the Mediterranean Garden
from West to East
8 p.m. in The Church Hall, Chalfont St Peter. Members Free,
Visitors £1.00. Refreshments available
THE GARDEN HUT
The Garden HUT opens every Sunday in November 10am to 12
noon. Please show your membership card when making a
purchase.
Just arrived LAWN DRESSING 25m2 coverage bags £4.00
Topical items for November available in the hut:
Autumn Lawn Feed & Moss Killer bags to cover 360m2 £16.25;
and smaller 100m2 boxes £6.15
(Fine to apply in November, provided we do not get any
frosts)
Fruit Tree Grease Bands £4/box
Fruit Tree Grease tubs £3.70
Garotta for accelerating the natural process of composting
loose plastic bags 3Kg = £3.50 or 10Kg tubs £9.95
Garden Lime for spreading around Brassicas handy loose
plastic bags 3Kg = £3.00
Large (25lt) bags of Perlite or Vermiculite reduced from
£9.50 to £8.00
For your Water softeners 25Kg bags of GRANULAR SALT or
TABLET SALT
Dont forget our helpful volunteers will be at the hut to
help you carry any item to your car.
NOTE: The Garden Hut will be closed for the whole of
DECEMBER and will reopen on Sunday 24th January 2010 at 10am
COACH OUTINGS for 2010
organised by Keith contact 01753 884012
31 March - PETWORTH HOUSE / N/T/ Sussex Set in a 700 acre
Park with fallow deer and a grand collection of paintings by
Turner, Van Dyke, Reynolds
28 April - R.H.S. WISLEY The central attraction is the huge
Glasshouse complex. As the club is affiliated to R.H.S.entry
is free
26 May - WATERPERRY GARDENS /Wheatley has a variety of
garden layouts to enjoy. Also a museum of medieval tools and
the national collection of saxifrages.
23 June - STANDEN HOUSE- N/T / West Sussex - This Victorian
house, with William Morris interior, has an Arts &
Crafts centre, 12 acres of gardens, and pleasant woodland
walks.
14 July - CLAYDON HOUSE- N/T / Buckingham Associated with
Florence Nightingale. There is an exhibition based on her
writings and many of her personnel belongings. This Georgian
House with nearby a medieval all saints Church and stands
in 52 acres of parkland, offering far reaching views and
lakeside walks.
8 September - OXFORD BOTANICAL GARDENS
6 October - SHEFFIELD PARK GARDENS / N/T - See brilliant
autumn colours over four lakes, cascades and waterfalls all
in the 265 acre South Park.
Janes November Garden Tips
Continue to collect fallen leaves. If you have a rotary
mower, set the blade high it will chop up and collect the
leaves rather than cut the grass and chopped leaves break
down more quickly in the compost. Add an activator which
will speed up the process. Or, if you need to dig over the
vegetable plot, dig trenches and bury the leaves, which will
rot quickly. Alternatively, simply compost in black bin bags
punching a few air and drainage holes; moisten well before
sealing. Continue tidying borders, clearing away old stems
and dead foliage, leave a few plants like sedum, ornamental
grasses and hydrangea which look good in the frost.
When planting trees and shrubs add a slow acting fertilizer
to the planting hole, this ensures that nutrients are
available over a long period and will get the plants off to
a good start. Use bone meal or similar. Use bone meal or
similar. Many shrubs such as Dogwoods can be propagated from
hardwood cuttings over the coming months. Select stems
removing the soft tips and leaves to produce cuttings about
30cms long, push the cuttings vertically into gritty soil to
about half their depth and leave to root in a sheltered
spot.
Bring tender plants in under cover, water pot plants
sparingly and never leave standing in water.
Pick any green tomatoes to ripen further indoors. Finish
planting garlic, starting off in modules if too cold or wet.
Sow a hardy variety of broad bean (Aquadulce, Claudia, or
The Sutton) for an early crop next year and protect with
cloches.
Prune fruit canes autumn raspberries and blackberries.
Lift some roots of parsley and trim off the leaves. Pot them
up in soil-based compost and place on the kitchen window.
They will re-grow with foliage to last all winter.
From Janes November Garden Tips
Your Garden Hut has in stock-
Bone Meal loose plastic bags 7lb (3.17kg) £3.30; 14lb
(6.34kg) £6.10 and 25kg bags £21.75
Soil based Compost John Innes No 1 in handy sized 25lt
bags = £3.10
2 Crab Apple Trees to give away, Molus Red Obelish the
tag says they will grow to 5 to 6 Metres, at present they
are about 2.5 metres. They are from Van Hage at Chenies and
are free, but the club would be grateful for a donation.
Please reply to Membership Secretary; Mobile No 07913582168.
Able to deliver if local to the village.
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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
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