Parwich & District Horticultural Society
AGM
Friday 6 November 7.30 pm
Memorial Hall
Snack and light refreshments after the meeting
ALL WELCOME
Any funding requests for local groups to be made in writing to Lesley Goodman by Thursday evening.
Archive for the ‘Gardens’ Category
Horticultural Society AGM
Posted in Gardens on Friday October 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Memorial Hall Gardens Tidy Up
Posted in Gardens, Memorial hall on Friday September 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Memorial Hall Gardening Day
Posted in Gardens, Memorial hall on Thursday September 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Star of The Show!
Posted in Gardens, Show, Societies on Sunday September 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Glynis on running off with quite a few trophies at the Horticultural Show this afternoon!
Big thanks to the Horticultural Society for all their hard work in preparing for and running the show and congratulations to all exhibitors for a great effort in producing some superb displays and produce.
To see more photos from the event (more…)
Need Some Shopping?
Posted in Events, Gardens on Sunday September 6, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Fantastic fresh local produce available at today’s Horticultural Show auction. Fruit, veg, cakes, quiches, bread, preserves, eggs, cordials, flowers……………
Auction starts about 3.30 this afternoon, don’t miss out on a bargain!
Horticultural Show tomorrow
Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Societies on Saturday September 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Paper copies of this schedule are also available at the Sycamore and the Legion
How Long is Yours?
Posted in Events, Gardens on Friday September 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Memorial Hall Gardens
Posted in Gardens, Memorial hall on Wednesday September 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Horticultural Show on Sunday
Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Societies on Wednesday September 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Click on the image above to download the schedule as a pdf
Paper copies of this schedule are also available at the Sycamore and the Legion
Plant Thug in Parwich
Posted in Flora, Gardens on Monday August 31, 2015| 4 Comments »
Thank you Mike R for this information:
Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)
I wonder if any other residents of Parwich have found this plant in their gardens. This year for the first time I have found an abundance of this weed in our gardens at Flaxdale. I have not been aware of it before now. It grows in height at an astonishing speed, about an inch a day.
Wikipedia describes it as follows… “It typically grows to 1 to 2 m (3.3 to 6.6 ft) high, with a soft green or red-tinged stem, and lanceolate leaves 5 to 23 cm (2.0 to 9.1 in) long. The crushed foliage has a strong musty smell. Below the leaf stems the plant has glands that produce a sticky, sweet-smelling, and edible nectar. The flowers are pink, with a hooded shape, 3 to 4 cm (1¼ to 1½ in) tall and 2 cm (¾ in) broad; the flower shape has been compared to a policeman’s helmet.
After flowering between June and October, the plant forms seed pods 2 to 3 cm (¾ to 1¼ in) long and 8 mm broad (¼ in), which explode when disturbed, scattering the seeds up to 7 metres (23 feet).” (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens_glandulifera )
It was highlighted as a nuisance on the East Midlands evening news recently. Whenever I see it in the garden I pull it up and compost it before the seed pods form.
I would be interested to know of anyone else’s experience with this invasive weed and whether I am doing the correct thing.
Mike R
The above plant was photographed in a Creamery Lane garden this July. It went from less than a foot tall to full flower in just over three weeks. It is particularly problematic along water courses, where it’s rapid growth quickly smothers native plants.
Only One Week Left
Posted in Events, Gardens on Saturday August 29, 2015| Leave a Comment »
An Artistic Challenge
Posted in Events, Gardens on Friday August 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Fancy your chance at Floral Art? In this year’s Horticultural Show you can enter a floral arrangement in an egg cup, an arrangement on the theme Up the Garden Path – or how about having a go at a new idea for this year and use a fruit or vegetable as a container for an arrangement?
Last years entry for the theme “Once Upon a Time”
Horticultural Show coming soon
Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Societies on Tuesday August 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Paper copies of this schedule are also available at the Sycamore and the Legion
Horticultural Show Schedule
Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Societies on Monday August 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Paper copies of this schedule are also available at the Sycamore and the Legion
Do You Know Your Onions?
Posted in Gardens on Thursday August 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Hurrah it is Raining
Posted in Gardens, Photography on Monday August 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Chance for you to capture the Sunshine and Showers for the photography section of the Horticultural Show. Of course there might not be enough for Making a Splash and you may have to go Up the Garden Path to snap that perfect photo.
One of JFS’s splashes from last year
Horticultural Show
Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Societies on Monday August 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Paper copies of this schedule are also available at the Sycamore and the Legion
Shrub lettuce?
Posted in Gardens, Photography on Sunday August 2, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Parwich gardener is developing a new shrub lettuce:
Photo by David G (editor’s note: But I guess it is a bit too early for the Horticultural Show.)
Parwich Horticultural Show Schedule
Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Societies on Tuesday July 28, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Paper copies of this schedule are available at the Sycamore and the Legion
Garden Visitor
Posted in Fauna, Gardens, Photography on Saturday July 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Trip to Harlow Carr Wednesday 8 July
Posted in Gardens on Tuesday June 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »
There a still a few places available on the Parwich Horticultural Society trip if anyone would like to join us on our visit to Harlow Carr,the RHS gardens just outside Harrogate. These are extensive gardens with something to offer everyone, we will leave Parwich at 9.00am, returning at about 6.30 pm next Wednesday 8 July , the total cost is £7 for members (£12 for non members).
Please contact Glynis on 561, to book your place, full payment required by Monday 6th July.
Lost Something?
Posted in Gardens, Lost & Found on Monday June 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The Horticultural Society has been handed a mobile device which was found in a garden. Please contact Lesley Goodman on 01335 390542 if you think it might be yours.
A Few More Gardens
Posted in Gardens on Monday June 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Children’s Show – Well Done Everyone!
Posted in Flora, Gardens, Societies, Young people on Monday June 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Open Gardens (Part Two)
Posted in Gardens on Sunday June 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Open Gardens (Part One)
Posted in Gardens on Sunday June 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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Children’s Show Exhibits
Posted in Gardens on Saturday June 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
These need to be taken to the Hall between 9.30 and 11.00 am tomorrow morning.
Open Gardens
Posted in Competition, Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, School, Young people on Saturday June 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Open Gardens on Sunday
Posted in Events, Gardens on Monday June 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Plants Wanted
Posted in Gardens on Saturday June 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
If you could spare any plants for the Open Gardens Plant Sale please either drop them off with Ann Knight or take them to the Memorial Hall anytime during the morning of Sunday 21 June. It would be really helpful if you could label the plants.
Many thanks.
Jill Love, Horticultural Society
Culland Hall Open Gardens on Sunday
Posted in Gardens, Out & About on Thursday June 11, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Though outside our area, these gardens are well worth a visit and the event is for a good cause, the Mid Derbyshire Mobile Physiotherapy Service.
Culland Hall Open Gardens & Specialist Plant Fair
Sunday 14th June 2015, 11 am – 4 pm
Culland Hall will be opening their exquisite gardens in aid of The Mid-Derbyshire Association for Mobile Physiotherapy on Sunday 14th June. (more…)
Horticultural Society Trips
Posted in Gardens, tagged Gardens on Thursday June 11, 2015| 1 Comment »
Stone House Cottage Nursery and Ashwood Nursery – Wednesday 10 June
The first trip of this year took us to these two quite different nurseries with their associated gardens. Stone House Cottage Nursery was delightful, full of little ‘rooms’, which in turn were full of rare and interesting plants many of which we’d never even heard of, let alone seen before and the best part was many of the plants were on sale in the nursery at very reasonable prices.
Ashwood Nursery was in theory only 15 minutes down the road, if only our driver had known that!!!. When we eventually made it there we were treated to a guided tour of John Massey ‘ s private garden, which is bordered by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. This was a much larger garden of informal borders, island beds and woodland dells. Again there were some beautiful specimen shrubs and trees, some quite rare, and plants we don’t often see here as the soil there was slightly on the acid side. The nursery here was very well stocked with many unusual plants, but time was limited which was perhaps just as well, because so was boot space on the coach!
If anyone would like to join us on our next trip it is to :
RHS Garden at Harlow Carr, on Wednesday 8 July.
Price ( includes coach and admission) , Members £7.00, non- members £12.00.
Please contact Glynis on 561 to book your place.
Two ‘Must See’ Gardens
Posted in Gardens, Out & About on Wednesday May 27, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Parwich horticultural society visit to Stony House Cottage Garden and Nursery , and Ashwood Nursery – 10 June
There are a few places left for our forthcoming trip to these two ‘must see’ gardens . If you would like to join us please call Glynis on 561.
Could those who have reserved their seat please let Glynis have the balance of payment by 1 June.
Children’s Show 21 June
Posted in Gardens, Young people on Thursday May 14, 2015| Leave a Comment »
The schedules for the Children’s Show which takes place on Open Gardens day, Sunday 21 June, are available from the Legion and the Sycamore.
A Souvenir of Dorothy L
Posted in Flora, Gardens, People, Photography on Friday May 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Day Trip to Two Gardens
Posted in Gardens on Sunday May 3, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Parwich and District Horticultural Society
Forthcoming Day Trip, Wednesday 10th June 2015
PDHS invite members and non- members to join them on their first trip of 2015. In the morning we will visit Stone House Cottage Garden and Nursery described by The Garden as follows:
‘A romantic garden set in an old walled kitchen garden. The area is only 1 acre but seems much larger- hedges divide it into different compartments and create diverse habitats in which to grow the vast selection of rare and unusual plants that thrive here.
Unusual brick follies adorn the walls and these in turn, are covered with a multitude of climbing and twining plants in which the garden specialises.
The garden acts as a shop window for the adjoining nursery. Here you can buy plants of almost all that grow in the garden – the list of shrubs and climbers includes many hardly ever seen for sale in this country’.
If you would like a preview of what will be there visit their website –
http://www.shcn.co.uk/garden.htm
We will then travel a short distance to Ashwood Nurseries owned by plantsman John Massey VMH. Here we will be able to lunch in their café and in the afternoon will have a guided tour of ‘John’s Garden’,which is described below,again further information is available from the website
‘John’s Garden’ at Ashwood Nurseries is a wonderful three acre private garden created by nursery owner John Massey VMH. Informal borders, island beds and woodland dells are set against the beautiful backdrop of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. It is a ‘plantsman’s garden‘ that has an abundance of rare plants as well as many familiar favourites.
This is a garden for all seasons with magnificent collections of trees, shrubs, conifers adding to the interest all year round. There are many fine features including a stunning pool and rock garden planted with choice alpines and miniature bulbs, a colourful lewisia wall, an Anemone pavonina meadow and a unique succulent garden. A ‘hot’ border is home to an extensive collection of South African plants. Throughout the garden, urns and patio pots are imaginatively planted.
The garden has been featured on TV as well as in numerous articles in the national press and gardening magazines, and has been described by Carol Klein as ‘the most loved and looked after garden I’ve ever had the pleasure of visiting’.
We will leave Parwich (Pump House) at 9.00am returning about 6.00pm. The cost to members is £20 (non members £25), this includes coach travel and entry to both gardens and the tour. To reserve your place please send £5 (non refundable) to Glynis Drummond (tel 561) asap, the balance to be paid by 1st June.
Advance Notice for Photographers
Posted in Gardens, Photography on Thursday April 23, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This year’s Horticultural Show will take place on Sunday 6 September. The subjects for the popular photography category are:
- Sunshine or Showers
- Up the Garden Path
- Making a Splash
Rules
Two entries allowed per subject
Photographs to be no bigger than A4 in size
Photographs to be taken within 20 miles of Parwich
Plenty of time to get that camera out and start snapping!
Open Gardens
Posted in Gardens on Wednesday April 22, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This year Open Gardens will be on Sunday 21 June. The Horticultural Society would like to encourage anyone to open their garden. Your garden doesn’t have to be big or perfect, it can be a vegetable garden, flowers, formal, wild or a work in progress.
If you would like to be part of this year’s Open Gardens or would like to have a chat about opening you garden please contact Lesley Goodman on 542
Fantastic Tulips…..
Posted in Flora, Gardens on Tuesday April 21, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Leatherbritches Nursery
Posted in Flora, Gardens on Monday March 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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