Posted in Gardens, Out & About on Thursday May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The floral theme is strong this weekend with Saturday seeing the start of Carsington Flower Festival (see post below), of Ashford in the Water Well Dressings (continues till Sunday 25th May), and of the Bakewell Garden Festival (Saturday & Sunday).
It continues on Sunday, when Yeldersley Hall gardens are open to the public from 2pm to 5-30pm in aid [...]
Posted in Gardens, People, Project Parwich on Tuesday May 13, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you go down to the woods today you will see - gnomes - and lots of them.
Jane Harris’ garden has long been a source of attraction for gnomophiles. It has a reputation far and wide as Derbyshire’s Premier Collection of Garden Gnomes. They come in all shapes and sizes, and are known to [...]
Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Tuesday May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
There are still spaces on the Horticultural Society’s trip to
Sheffield Botantical Gardens
Wednesday 21st May
depart Parwich Village Green 9am
The Gardens have undergone a multi-million pound restoration over a number years and are well worth a visit. Non-members are welcome. To reserve places phone Dot tel. 456 or Peter tel. 287
Posted in Gardens, People, Societies on Wednesday May 7, 2008 | No Comments »
Thank you to Di Turnbull for sending in this post.
What a great time we had planting up the border outside the hard play area.
Cloe, Courtney, Josh and Dan helped to put down the stone around the access paths and seating area a few months ago and were keen to help with the design and planting [...]
Posted in Gardens, Photography on Wednesday May 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The pink blossom on the right is one of the few remaining WI cherry trees. One was given to each member in the local branch to mark the Queen’s coronation. This extra one was planted here by Mrs Dodds.
Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Wednesday April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Don’t forget tonight’s illustrated talk organised by the Horticultural Society:
The English & Their Gardens
by Danny Wells
7-30pm Wednesday 30th April
Parwich Memorial Hall
All Welcome
Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Sunday April 27, 2008 | No Comments »
Parwich & District Horticultural Society
The English and their Gardens
an illustrated talk by Danny Wells
7-30pm Wednesday 30th April
Parwich Memorial Hall
(Raffle & Refreshments - All welcome - Cost: Members £1, Non-Members £2)
Posted in Events, Gardens, Out & About on Saturday April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The West Derbyshire Spring Plant Fair
In aid of Mid-Derbyshire Association for Moblie Physiotherapy
11am to 4pm Sunday 27th April
Culland Hall, nr Brailsford
If you can go along and support this sale of unusal plants, as it will raise money for an important local charity administered by our own Debbie Webster.
The Plant Fair is open from 11am to 4pm [...]
Posted in Gardens, Photography on Thursday April 24, 2008 | No Comments »
Many thanks to Lewis Noble for emailing the following:
Here’s a few pics I took of the woodland that Dorothy Littlewood looks after. She’s been working really hard and the daffs look great!
Posted in About this site, Gardens on Monday April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Would anyone be interested in regular posts relating to gardening? For example, we could include:
what to do in the garden this month
plants of interest this month
plant swaps
Let us know if you’d be interested……!
Posted in Favourite posts, Gardens, People, Photography on Monday April 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
We would like to thank Dorothy for all the hard work she has put into creating a woodland garden on the Parish Council land in front of Parwich Hall.
The Parish Council were bold enough to go for this land in the centre of the village when it came up for auction a couple of years [...]
Posted in Events, Gardens, Out & About on Saturday April 19, 2008 | No Comments »
For the gardeners please note, there is a plant fair selling rare and unusual plants at Stables Hill, Chatsworth from 11am to 5pm on Sunday 20th April. Admission to the plant fair is free, but the normal parking charges apply. However don’t forget the plant fair next weekend at Culland Hall in aid of Mid Derbyshire [...]
Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Wednesday April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
The WI meeting this Thursday 17th April, 7-30pm at the Memorial Hall, is a talk and practical demonstration on
Planting Summer Containers
by Sarah Rhodes of Leatherbritches Nursery
Sarah is a most entertaining speaker, has lots of ideas and hopefully will also have plants and some containers on sale at the end. Non-WI members are welcome.
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Friday April 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Tonight, Friday there is a committee meeting for the Horticultural Society - 7.30pm at Nia’s.
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Sunday March 23, 2008 | No Comments »
We are experimenting with possible formats for pages for local groups. We can either create pages using the blogging software (WordPress) that generates most of PARWICH.ORG, or we can create them as more traditional web pages.
Click here to see an example of some pages made with the WordPress blogging software for the Horticultural Society.
We would welcome [...]
Posted in Gardens, Out & About, Societies on Friday March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I went across to Lea Gardens near Tansley to get the Horticultural Society’s two season tickets, and was surprised to see how many of the earlier azaleas and rhododendrons are already in flower.
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Sunday December 9, 2007 | No Comments »
We have added a sub-section of the site dedicated to the Horticultural Society. It can be reached from the “Directory” section (see top of page), or by clicking here.
If you would like to have a section of this site dedicated to your local group or society, then please get in touch.
Posted in Gardens, News on Monday November 26, 2007 | No Comments »
In the December edition of The English Garden, you’ll find a sumptuous full colour photo-feature on the garden at Church Cottage.
The same feature also appears in the January edition of the US version of the magazine, with Church Cottage promoted to the front cover. (Unfortunately, Lynette and Richard have had to play [...]
