TUESDAY 9TH JANUARY 2018

PLEASE NOTE THE DATE OF THIS MEETING - IT IS THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH INSTEAD OF THE FIRST

HOW TO BUILD A WILDLIFE POND
 

On Tuesday the 9th January we are having a talk on How to build a wildlife Pond by Jenny Steel.

Jenny came to talk to us last January on Birds, Bugs and Beasts.  Jenny Steel is a Plant Ecologist and Author who has been specialising in Wildlife gardening for almost 30 years.  She gives occasional talks around the UK and teaches Wildlife gardening courses from her Shropshire wildlife garden.

TUESDAY 5TH DECEMBER 2017 CHRISTMAS EVENING MEAL

CHRISTMAS EVENING MEAL AT THE UNICORN INN, LUDLOW

I am afraid the Christmas meal is now fully booked.  If you would like to come you could ring Chris King to find out if there has been any cancellations.

TUESDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2017

 

 

ORNAMENTAL TREES

 

Nick Dunn of Frank P Matthews Ltd is going to talk to us on 'Ornamental Trees'.  Nick grew up surrounded by trees, the third generation in a family nursery business established in 1901.  He is one of the UK's leading authorities on the propagation and care of both ornamental and fruit trees.  He will be giving us lots of advice and help us decide on what trees are best for our gardens.  He is also the author of a must have book - Trees for your garden.  To find out more the web site is here.

Tuesday 3rd October 2017

UNUSUAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Kevin Alviti is coming to talk to us about UNUSUAL FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.  Kevin is Programme Secretary's, Julie Alviti's, son.  He is a stay at home Dad with 3 children under the age of 5, and has a 15 acre smallholding.  He has 30 sheep with lambs on most of the land and on the rest he has fruit trees and vegetables.  He is passionate about growing food for his family and eventually to sell.  He is very interested in unusual fruits and vegetables and grows quite a few on his smallholding.  He will bring along a few for us to see.  He writes a popular blog called an englishhomestead

TUESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2017

Outing to Apley Walled Garden (between Bridgnorth and Telford

10.00 am meet at Apley Farm Shop TF11 9EF on A442 for Tea/Coffee, scones/cake.

Guided tour of the Walled garden followed by lunch at the Creamery café which we will order when we meet at 10.00 am.

Morning refreshments plus Garden tour £14.00 - Please send a cheque (Caynham Gardening Society) for £14.00 to Chris King, Pervin Cottage, Caynham, Ludlow, Shropshire. SY8 3BP before August 21st.

In the afternoon, a visit to Dudmaston (National Trust) is suggested to round off the day.

For Apley Walled garden website click here.http://www.apleywalledgarden.co.uk/history

TUESDAY 1ST AUGUST 2017

Paul Green of 'Greens Leaves Nursery' is coming to talk to us on 'Sensory Sensations'

Paul has talked to us before and gives an informative, hands on talk with lots of plants to look at, talk about and buy.  The plants he will be talking about are going to be those with perfume and sensory leaves.

He says about his nursery -

"Greens Leaves started supplying plants back in 1994 and rather than emulate many other nurseries already in existence, decided to specialise in rare and unusual plants from around the world, suitable for growing in the UK.

By far the majority of plants we supply are grown in our Gloucestershire nursery and any new varieties are always tested for hardiness given the UK’s demanding climate. We are always more than happy to advise you on any particular plant’s suitability for your particular location and soil type."  See his website here

Tuesday 4th July 2017

 

 

MEMBERS OPEN GARDENS

BRING AND SHARE SUPPER

Three members are kindly opening their gardens for us on this evening.  We look forward to seeing them.

Everyone come to CAYNHAM VILLAGE HALL between 6.00 pm and 7.00 pm to pick up their map of the 3 gardens open.  The hall will be locked at 7.00 pm until 8.00 pm.  Please bring a normal size plate of food to share, either savoury or sweet.  After visiting the 3 gardens supper will follow in the village hall.

SATURDAY 20TH MAY - PLANT SALE AND COFFEE MORNING

 

Our annual plant sale starts at 10.00 and finishes at 12.00 noon.  Tell as many friends as possible.  Entry, coffee and biscuits £1.00.  All donations of labelled plants gratefully received.  Please bring between 5.00 pm and 6.00 pm Friday evening or if this is not possible bring with you ready labelled on the morning of the sale.  We also have a raffle and would love to have donations for this.  There is also a produce and bric a brac stall. 

Look forward to seeing you all there.

Chinese purple bell vine ready for the plant sale. 

Tuesday 2nd May 2017

Kim Hurst from the Cottage Herbery is coming to talk to us on Container Gardening.  Kim is a well known personality who has, with her husband Rob run The Cottage Herbery for over 30 years.

As a testament to the quality of their plants the nursery has won of RHS medals from Bronze to Gold at all the major shows around the country including two coveted Chelsea Gold Medals.

They have a keen interest in certain plant families and have private collections of Angelica, Digitalis, Lobelia, Monarda, Rosmarinus and Tropaeleum

They grow plants in many unusal containers and we look forward to seeing some of them during the talk.

 

Tuesday 4th April 2017

 

AGM and Gardeners Question Time

Anyone interested in joining our committee for 2017/18 are very welcome.

After the AGM we are having a Gardener Question Time.
Questions should be handed in to Jean Faulkner ( e-mail jeanfaulkner) beforehand.  We are having 4 of our members answering your questions about gardening.  Hopefully we are all going to learn new ideas!

After the Gardeners Question Time we will have nibbles and a glass of something.  Everyone welcome.

On Saturday 20th May we will be having our annual plant sale - remember to pot up those cuttings, plant a few extra seeds or when dividing perennials pot an extra one up for the plant sale.

Tuesday 7th March 2017

Phil Allen is coming to talk to us on 'The walled garden at Apley, near Bridgnorth'.  Phil is the Head Gardener.

Set in the heart of beautiful Shropshire countryside, Apley Walled Garden originally produced fruit & vegetables for the owners of Apley Park (often known as Apley Hall).

 

After sixty years out of use, the Walled Gardens have been transformed & brought back into production as a working walled kitchen garden, growing & producing contemporary & heritage varieties of fruit and vegetable. 

 

Apley Walled Garden now supplies fresh & seasonal produce for local businesses including Apley Farm Shop & it's Creamery Cafe, as well as private, pre-booked guided tours led by Head Gardener.

 

Tuesday 7th February 2017

Jenny Steel from Craven Arms is coming to talk to us on BUGS, BEASTS AND BIRDS

 

Jenny Steel is a Plant Ecologist and Natural History Writer who has specialised in Garden Ecology for more than 25 years.  She has written for many UK magazines, is a speaker, photographer and course facilitator and the author of seventeen books.  She lives and works in Shropshire where her two acre wildlife garden is the inspiration for much of her writing.  See her web site here.