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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Planting for bees?
Posted in Fauna, Flora, Gardens on Wednesday April 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Plant ID please
Posted in Gardens, Pets of Parwich, Photography on Friday April 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Additional Event in Hortcultural Programme
Posted in Events, Gardens, Out & About, Societies on Friday April 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Free Turf
Posted in Classified adverts, Gardens on Monday March 28, 2016| 1 Comment »
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
Leatherbritches Kitchen Garden and Nursery
Posted in Classified adverts, Gardens on Tuesday March 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
New at Leatherbritches
Posted in Classified adverts, Flora, Gardens on Thursday February 18, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Friday is Film Night
Posted in Events, Films, Gardens, Memorial hall on Tuesday February 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Spring in the Garden
Posted in Flora, Gardens, Photography, Weather on Monday February 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Little Garden Birdwatch
Posted in Gardens, Ornithology on Wednesday January 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »
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…)
Christmas Trees and More at Leatherbritches
Posted in Classified adverts, Gardens on Tuesday December 8, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Generous Support
Posted in About this site, Gardens, Societies on Thursday November 12, 2015| 1 Comment »
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
Horticultural Society Donations
Posted in Gardens, Societies on Saturday November 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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.
Horticultural Society AGM
Posted in Gardens on Friday October 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »
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.
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 »
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
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 »
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
Horticultural Show Schedule
Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Societies on Monday August 17, 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
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 »
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
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 »
Click on the image above to download the schedule as a pdf
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 »
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