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Trip Out Next Friday Evening?

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There are still some seats available on Parwich Horticultural Society’s next trip, which is to Barnsdale, Geoff Hamiltons’s garden in Rutland on Tues 16 August, price members £12.50, non-members £17.50, payable by 12th August,please contact Glynis (tel 390561) to reserve your place.

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http://www.barnsdalegardens.co.uk/index.html

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Ticket for Sale for Harrogate Autumn Flower Show

I have one ticket for sale to Harrogate Autumn Flower Show on September 17th 2016, It cost £37.00 originally and would like £30.00 or near offer if anyone is interested.

The Coach leaves from Slacks in Matlock on 17th September 2016 at 8.00am, the ticket includes the Coach fee and entrance to the show.

If anyone is interested please contact Jacqui J on 390194 or Rita M on 390314

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Garden Trip

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imageLots of people will have their cameras out during Wakes, so don’t forget that there is a Photography section in the Horticultural Show in early September. Here is a reminder:

The Photography categories are:

  • All in a row
  • Purple
  • A single flower in focus

Photographs to be no bigger than A4 in size and to have been taken within 20 miles of Parwich.

Time to get snapping!!!

Also please do share you Wakes photos through the Blog by emailing them to parwich@hotmail.co.uk.

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Every year, I am struck with the skill and originality exhibited in the Children’s Horticultural Show, and every year there are new surprises. Well done to all who entered:

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A big thank you to the Horticultural Society and to all the volunteers and to the garden owners for making yesterday’s Open Gardens and Chirldren’s Show such a success. Even the rain just about held off.

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And More

This time from JFS, thank you.

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More Open Gardens 2016

Thanks again Caroline G for these:

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Open Gardens 2016

Thank you to Caroline G for these photos taken yesterday. Parwich looking so pretty says Caroline, even in the rain!

 

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Click on the image to download the Show Schedule as a PDF.

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Garden Trips

As well as this Sunday’s Parwich Open Gardens the Horticultural Society has two garden visits coming soon:

Horticultural Society Garden Trip to

Scampston Walled Garden
& Jackson’s Wold Garden
both in Malton N. Yorks

Tuesday 28th of June meet at 8.45am on The Green

Contact Glynis tel. 561 to book

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Limbering Up

Not only do humans limber up for a days work, our busy Bees do the same. David G,

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Open Gardens on Sunday

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The Age Old Question

The age old question, does my bum look big in this?

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Photo by David G.

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Click on the image to download the Show Schedule as a PDF.

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The Open Gardens signs for gardens 16 & 17 seem to be missing. If you have them stashed away somewhere please ring Lesley on 542.

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Open Gardens

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An Open Garden on Sunday

Although outside our area, readers my be interested in this event, that raises money for a service we benefit from, the Mid Derbyshire Association for Mobile Physiotherapy.

CULLAND HALL OPEN GARDENS AND SPECIALIST PLANT FAIR
SUNDAY 12TH JUNE 2016, 11am – 4pm.

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‘Scottish’ Roses

Today the ‘Scottish’ roses (varieties of Rosa spinosissima, also called Rosa pimpinellifolia) growing through Christine and David’s garden wall are looking spectacular. I guess they count now as Parwich natives given they are cuttings of cuttings that have lived in various Parwich gardens for at least a century.

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Horticultural Trips

Forthcoming Parwich and District Horticultural Society Trips

Make the most of summer, (now it’s here) and come and join us on our visit to Scampston Walled Garden, Yorkshire on  28 June 2016. It has been described as ‘perfect for casually curious garden lovers looking for something out of the ordinary as well as for plant-obsessed gardeners.’  There is a cafe/restaurant for lunch (not included), and as if that wasn’t enough, in the afternoon we are going to the nearby, privately owned, Jacksons Wold Garden. (See www.scampston.co.uk/gardens and www.jacksonswoldgarden.com)

This trip is open to all, the coach will leave from the Green at 8.45am, back 6-6.30pm.

Price (includes coach travel and entry to both gardens) , members £20, non-members £25, payable by 21/6/16. Please contact Glynis on 561, to reserve your place.

Another date for your diaries is our trip to Geoff Hamiltons’s garden at Barnsdale , Rutland on Tues 16 August, price members £12.50, non-members £17.50, payable by 10th August,please contact Glynis to reserve your place.

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Wanted: Gardens

Large or small, front or back, formal or wild, fruit or veg, feng shui or quirky…….

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Yes the Horticultural Society is looking for YOU.

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Open Gardens this year takes place on the afternoon of Sunday 26 June. Please contact Lesley Goodman on 542  by 20 June if you would be willing to open your garden.

Tempted but nervous? Speak to Lesley.

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People love to see the gardens that are regularly open as each year is different. New gardens opened are also very popular.

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So if you would like to participate in this highlight of the Parwich calendar , just let Lesley know. You may well find it surprisingly enjoyable!

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CULLAND IN COLOUR

Although outside our area, readers my be interested in this event, that raises money for a service we benefit from, the Mid Derbyshire Association for Mobile Physiotherapy.

CULLAND HALL OPEN GARDENS AND SPECIALIST PLANT FAIR
SUNDAY 12TH JUNE 2016, 11am – 4pm.

It was twenty years ago that the owners of Culland Hall embarked on creating a memorable garden at their home. Years of dedication have come to fruition to produce an exquisitively painted corner of Derbyshire….walled water gardens edged with cool white allium….hot reds and vibrant oranges ignite the kitchen garden, an old fashioned potager bursting with fruits and vegetables for the kitchen, a woodland walk with an autumnal palette of burnt sienna and ochre, painterley coloured double borders (more…)

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Click on the image to download the Show Schedule as a PDF.

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Busy in the Garden

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Garden?

David G asks, “Which is Peter’s garden, which is nature’s garden?”

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Planting for bees?

Despite the cool weather the bumblebees seem to be quite active. In my garden they are going for the lungworts (pulmonaria) and the perennial wallflowers (erysimum) rather than the spring bulbs. What are they making a bee line for in your garden?

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Plant ID please

Can anyone identify this plant, is it a dogwood?

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Photo by David G.

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Free Turf

We have about six square metres of turf left over from covering our lawn. Please let us know if you would like it. First come, first served! Andrew . (Fernlea)

Turf has now gone

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Leatherbritches Feb16

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New at Leatherbritches

Leatherbritches Feb16

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Friday is Film Night

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Spring in the Garden

Despite Storm Henry building, the Spring flowers continue to push through:

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Little Garden Birdwatch

Remember to get tweeting and twittering this weekend!

 

Over the weekend of 30-31 January the RSPB is running their annual Big Garden Birdwatch. ( See RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch for more details ). In conjunction with this we will once again run our own Alsop, Ballidon, Pikehall and Parwich Little Garden Birdwatch. Whilst the RSPB want to know numbers of different bird species seen during a one hour period  we simply what to know what species have been seen over the weekend in and around the villages. There will be a post to log sightings available over the weekend. For anyone doubtful of their bird recognition skills the RSPB site is pretty good, where you can find an A-Z Guide and useful tools to help identify a specific bird sighting.

Our target for the weekend is a challenging 40 different species so the more taking part the better.

Listed below are some of the species we hope will be spotted (more…)

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Generous Support

The Blog Team would like to thank the Horticultural Society and another donor who wishes to remain anonymous for their kind donations. The Blog has been running since 2007 and until this year has been funded by the Blog Team members.

Parwich.org costs an average of £120 per year to run, with an additional £40 spent last year to provide prizes for competitions. Costs have increased over the years as more storage/memory space has had to be purchased. Other costs include the cost of the domain, the cost of a version of WordPress which we can customise and the cost of keeping the site free of adverts.

Thank you for your support,
Peter, Emma, Fiona, Lucy and Steve

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Horticultural Society Donations

At last night’s Horticultural Society AGM £500 was donated to the following village groups:

Parwich Over 60s

Churchyard Volunteer Group towards the cost of a new shed

Parwich School Eco Committee

Parwich. Org, village blog and website towards running costs.

The success of the Open Gardens event has enabled the society to help local groups as a thank you to the village for the time, tolerance and assistance given during Open Gardens. Money raised at this event is also used to subsidise Horticultural Society trips and to help fund the Annual Horticultural Show in September.

Open Gardens next year will take place on Sunday 26 June.

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