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Sutton Seed order – massive discounts

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Monday November 14, 2011| 1 Comment »

Sutton Seeds & Ferndale Lodge

Each year the Parwich and District Horticultural Society order seeds from Suttons on behalf of their members. By doing this together we are eligible for a bulk order discount. This year the discount is likely to be 40%, but could be as high as 52% if we maintain the level of interest shown last year. The discount on all other catalogue items such as plants and seed potatoes has been increased to 15%.

By now those of you who ordered last year should have received your catalogue and order form, which should be returned to me before 6th January 2012. If you have already completed your order, please return it to me so that I can start filling in the paperwork.

Remember that you only pay for your goods once you have received them all. Payment is to PDHS via myself and not Suttons.

If you would like to place an order but have not done so before please let me know, so that I can get a catalogue to you. The only requirement is that you are a member of the PDHS, which costs just £2 per year.

At the AGM there were a few copies of the Ferndale Lodge (garden equipment specialists) catalogue. If you took one home, please let me know as I have the order forms and account number. You are entitled to a discount of 15% on all orders.

Happy gardening. Helen (362)

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Spider, Spider

Posted in Gardens, Photography on Monday November 7, 2011| 1 Comment »


I saw this in the garden and thought that the colours of the spider were lovely – is it a common orb weaver?

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Has Spring come early to Parwich?

Posted in 2011, Flora, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note on Wednesday October 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »

JF-S snapped these shots today, apple blossom and primroses in our garden, Lou’s primulas and John’s ceanothus. Put these with today’s “April” showers, do we know where we are?

Yes – 19 days to Halloween and only 73 days to Christmas!!

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60th Horticultural Show: photos and results

Posted in 2011, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note, Societies on Sunday September 4, 2011| 1 Comment »

Visitors to this year’s 60th Horticultural Show were treated to another fine display of locally grown flowers, fruits and vegetables. Other categories included eggs, cakes, scones, biscuits, pies, quiches, bread, jams, chutneys, canapes and photographs.

The prize-giving ceremony, which was presided over by Nia Linnell, saw Tony Marshall taking home no fewer than five trophies: a remarkable achievement. This was followed by the ever-popular auction of entries, with Robert Bunting doing the duties as auctioneer.

Congratulations are due to all those who won prizes, and thanks are due to all the entrants, to the Horticultural Society for organising the event, and to the judges who kindly lent their expertise.







Please click “Continue Reading” for a full gallery of this year’s exhibits, along with a complete list of prize winners.

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60th Horticultural Show – this Sunday

Posted in Competition, Events, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Photography, Societies on Tuesday August 30, 2011| 2 Comments »

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Hanging Basket Competition – The Results

Posted in 2011, Competition, Flora, Gardens, People, Photography, Posts of Note, Societies on Friday August 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Mr Bill Whitfield, of Leatherbritches Nursery, has very kindly judged the baskets for us again. He looked at 29 baskets altogether and it was quite a task for him to decide which one to put in 3rd place.  Here are the three winners.

Michael Hart, Secretary of the Horticultural Society.

First prize – Two of Jack Cundy’s three splendid baskets. (Main Street) (more…)

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Plant fair at Osmaston

Posted in Events, Flora, Gardens, Out & About on Saturday July 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Tomorrow (Sunday) at Osmaston Park, there will be a summer plant fair, featuring “quality plants from highly respected specialists and growers offering herbaceous perennials, alpines, shrubs, climbers, cottage garden favourites and lots more”. The event will bring together many of the top Midland and Northern plant nurseries.

Entry is £2.oo, parking is free, and the event runs from 11am to 2pm. Click here for a map.

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Trip to Felley Priory Garden & Hebbs Farm

Posted in 2011, Gardens, Posts of Note, Societies on Saturday July 16, 2011| Leave a Comment »

The coach was completely full as we set off to Felley Priory Garden, situated a few miles from Heanor.  The weather was kind, and a pleasant morning was spent by all wandering through the 2.5 acre garden.  There were some very unusual plants but luckily the gardener was on hand to help identify any that were not labelled.  Although the rose garden had clearly suffered from the very dry weather, the newly planted White Garden was delightful.

The perennial herbaceous borders were full of colour and there were opportunities to take time to sit and enjoy the surrounding.  Lunch was simple but tasty, although competition from a second coach party seemed to stretch the cafe’s capacity!  However, everyone managed to eat, shop at the nursery and be ready to leave at 1.30pm for our onward journey.

We approached Hebb’s Farm with a little trepidation, as a previous group had given poor feedback.  Hebb’s Farm is the private garden of Stuart Dixon, who has previously spoken to the Horticultural Society.  Our fears proved groundless.  The garden was lovely, with even more unusual plants and some more familiar ones.  There were lots of places to sit and enjoy the different areas, and for those of us who have a permanent plant wish-list – the plants were all clearly labelled, note books and pencils were put to good use. 

Stuart Dixon was a great host, very approachable and happy to share his knowledge and experience, it was a garden with a lot of soul. The afternoon was made complete by delicious scones and a cup of tea served by Stuart’s wife.

I think it is safe to say, “A good day was had by all”.

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Thank you to Glynis for this report, with photos taken by Marion F-S

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The Big Butterfly Count

Posted in Environment, Gardens on Wednesday July 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

As this year’s Big Butterfly Count is about to get underway, here is some more information about the project, which might appeal to anyone with an interest in nature conservation.

The Big Butterfly Count is a nationwide survey, which aims to help in assessing the health of our environment. 10,000 people took part last year, counting 210,000 butterflies and day-flying moths across the nation.

According to the Big Butterfly Count’s website:

Butterflies react very quickly to change in their environment, which makes them excellent biodiversity indicators. Butterfly declines are an early warning for other wildlife losses. That’s why counting butterflies can be described as taking the pulse of nature. The count will also assist in identifying trends in species that will help plan how to protect butterflies from extinction, as well as understanding the effect of climate change on wildlife.

This year’s count runs between 16th and 31st July.

To take part, simply count butterflies for fifteen minutes during bright (and preferably sunny) weather, at any time between 16th and 31st July. This can be done anywhere: gardens, fields, school grounds and so on. You also should try to identify the species of each butterfly you see.

Then register your findings on the Big Butterfly Count website: http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/

The website contains all the information that you will need about the Big Butterfly Count – including an illustrated chart, which you can print off and use while you’re counting.

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Trip to Felley Priory & Hebb’s Farm

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Wednesday July 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Just a reminder for those of you who reserved a place on the Parwich and District Horticultural Society trip to Felley Priory and Hebb’s Farm on Wednesday 13th July. The coach will leave Parwich at 9.30am from the Green, and return at approx 5.30pm.

If you have booked a place and now cannot make it please contact Glynis on 561 as there is a reserve list.

Lets hope the sun shines!

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Thank You from Flaxdale House

Posted in 2011, Gardens, Posts of Note on Saturday June 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Flaxdale Garden & Art Exhibition 18th June – A big thank you

Mike & Gill R would like to thank all those who visited our gardens and the exhibition of paintings on Saturday and helped to make it possible to contribute over £900 towards the charity, Derwent Rural Counselling Service. We could not have achieved this without the very generous support of the many helpers who gave their time both before the event, baking cakes and chocolate brownies, supplying books, bric a brac and plants for sale, distributing leaflets and posters, donating prizes for the raffle, lending us a ‘Burco’ boiler, and on the day welcoming visitors at the gate, serving refreshments and running the stalls and helping Gill in the exhibition. We must also add a special thank you to Jane B and the ‘blog’ for posting notices and timely reminders and pleas for help with bric a brac and a boiler. The weather was not kind to us, so in the circumstances we did well to welcome over 70 visitors who were so generous in their appreciation of the gardens and paintings and their giving to the charity. You have all helped in such a good cause, thank you so much, Mike & Gill.

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Open Gardens: a thank you

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Thursday June 23, 2011| Leave a Comment »

On behalf of the Horticultural Society, Nia would like to thank everyone who was involved in making last Sunday’s Open Gardens such a successful event, raising over £1400 on the day.

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Open Gardens and Children’s Horticultural Show: more pictures

Posted in 2011, Flora, Gardens, Memorial hall, Photography, Posts of Note on Monday June 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Courtesy of JF-S, here’s our second gallery of photos, starting with the Children’s Horticultural Show and continuing with photos of the Open Gardens.




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Terra Nova School Staff Choir at Open Gardens

Posted in Gardens, Music, People, Photography on Monday June 20, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to Ed L for sending us a photo of this prize-winning choir, captured in concert at the Drummond residence yesterday afternoon.

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Parwich Open Gardens – Photo Gallery

Posted in 2011, Flora, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday June 19, 2011| 2 Comments »

This year, eighteen Parwich gardens opened their doors to visitors – and with the rain thankfully holding off, this turned out to be another very successful event.

As well as the various horticultural delights, villagers and visitors alike got to enjoy the splendid children’s show in the Memorial Hall, along with delicious cream teas and a plant sale. Elsewhere, the Flaxdale art exhibition and bric-a-brac sale continued for a second day, as did Lewis Noble’s open studio. The school held an open day, Hayley Powell staged a blacksmithing display at The Barn, The A52s played a gig at Rookery House, and a talented vocal troupe, Terra Nova School Staff Choir, staged impromptu recitals at various locations round the village. The day finished with a Father’s Day barbecue at the Legion, while the Horticultural Society laid on a “thank you” buffet for weary and grateful exhibitors at the hall.

Hot off the presses, here’s a gallery of all eighteen gardens, accompanied by Lynette and John’s colourful and creative signage. As always, these photos will look so much better if they are enlarged; click on each image for a bigger version.

1. Brook Close Farm

2. Pond Cottage

3. Cosheton

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Open Gardens – follow the signs!

Posted in 2011, Gardens, Posts of Note on Sunday June 19, 2011| 1 Comment »

There’s an additional visual treat in store for visitors to this year’s Open Gardens, as Lynette C and John H have created a wonderful array of numbered signs for each participating garden. We’ll be displaying the full set on the blog in due course.

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What will I become?

Posted in 2011, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note on Sunday June 19, 2011| 2 Comments »

Thank you to Rebecca for identifying this colourful caterpillar…

I know what this is from bitter experience, a mullein moth, or will be, but not in my garden as I have declared war on them. If you want to see what they do to verbascum leaves pop by.

The following information comes from the Gardeners World website

The mullein moth, Cucullia verbasci, lays its eggs on verbascum, buddleia and figwort at the end of spring. Shortly after, from late spring to midsummer, the caterpillars demolish the foliage. Bad infestations can actually strip a plant. They then hide in the soil to pupate.

Solution Organic
The bright yellow and black caterpillars are easy to spot as they crawl across the leaves, and can be picked off by hand.

Chemical
The moment you spot an infestation, spray them with bifenthrin or pyrethrum. If the plants are in flower, spray in the evening, so pollinating insects aren’t affected.

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Weekend of Gardens & Art

Posted in Arts, Gardens, Societies on Saturday June 18, 2011| Leave a Comment »

This weekend sees two days packed with Gardens Open and Arts in Parwich , with cream teas, cakes and a BBQ.

 
Saturday
Flaxdale Garden and Art Exhibition – 10am – 6pm

Lewis Noble Art Exhibition – 10am – 4pm

Sunday
Lewis Noble Art Exhibition – 10am – 4pm

Opens Gardens & Childrens’ Horticultural Show – 2-6pm

Father’s Day BBQ at the Legion – 6pm, Bar open from 3pm

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Flaxdale Garden & Arts Day – Tomorrow

Posted in Arts, Gardens on Friday June 17, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Bric-à-brac

If anyone has any suitable items that would otherwise go to a charity shop, we could put them on our bric-à-brac stall tomorrow.  Any unsold items will be sent to a charity shop. Do call us on 390433 if you can help.

Flaxdale Garden and Art Exhibition – Tomorrow –  10am to 6pm

Every year we make a great effort to try and get our gardens presentable for visitors to the village on Open Gardens day. This year we have decided to make the most of all our hard work and open our garden the day before Open Gardens day as well, i.e. on June 18th, to help raise funds for the DRCS, a local charity.

In the current climate DRCS (Derwent Rural Counselling Service) like many other charities, is finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet and risks having to cut the service it offers local people. We do hope you will be able to come, any time between 10am and 6pm to enjoy yourselves and at the same time enable DRCS to keep on with its good work supporting people in the area.

There will be an exhibition of original paintings by Gill, Gill Evans, Dorothy Littlewood, Evie Burlinson and Janis Castledine, who have all very kindly agreed to donate 25% of any sales to the charity. In addition we will have stalls for bric-à-brac, books and plants.  There will also be a raffle. (more…)

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Open Gardens – Sunday

Posted in Gardens on Tuesday June 14, 2011| Leave a Comment »

If you have any prizes for the Horticultural Society’s tombola for Open Gardens please either drop them off at Knob Hall or ring Will on 318 and he will collect them.

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Flaxdale Garden & Art Exhibition

Posted in Arts, Gardens on Monday June 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Everyone is welcome.

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Tombola Prizes for Sunday

Posted in Competition, Gardens, Young people on Monday June 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Will Beesely is doing the Horticultural Society’s tombola for Open Gardens on Sunday and would be grateful for any prizes. Please either drop them off at Knob Hall or ring Will on 318 and he will collect them.

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Wanted

Posted in Arts, Gardens on Friday June 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Hot water boiler

Does anyone have a Hot water boiler they can lend Mike & Gill R for their fund raising charity event at Flaxdale House on 18thJune? Perhaps someone might know the whereabouts of the old water boiler from the Memorial Hall? If anyone has any ideas please telephone 390433. 

 

Bric-à-brac

If anyone has any suitable items that would otherwise go to a charity shop, we could put them on our bric-à-brac stall at our fund raising charity event at Flaxdale House on 18th June. Any unsold items will be sent to a charity shop. Do call us on 390433 if you can help.

Thank you so much, Mike & Gill

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Flaxdale Garden & Art Exhibition

Posted in 2011, Arts, Gardens, People, Posts of Note on Friday June 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Flaxdale Garden and Art Exhibition
Saturday 18th June, 10am to 6pm

Every year we make a great effort to try and get our gardens presentable for visitors to the village on Open Gardens day. This year we have decided to make the most of all our hard work and open our garden the day before Open Gardens day as well, i.e. on June 18th, to help raise funds for the DRCS, a local charity.

In the current climate DRCS (Derwent Rural Counselling Service) like many other charities, is finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet and risks having to cut the service it offers local people. We do hope you will be able to come, any time between 10am and 6pm to enjoy yourselves and at the same time enable DRCS to keep on with its good work supporting people in the area.

There will be an exhibition of original paintings by Gill, Gill Evans, Dorothy Littlewood, Evie Burlinson and Janis Castledine, who have all very kindly agreed to donate 25% of any sales to the charity. In addition we will have stalls for bric-à-brac, books and plants. There will also be a raffle.

The entry fee of £3 will entitle visitors to their first drink (tea, coffee, fruit juice or ‘bubbly’) plus a slice of cake. (We will not be doing cream teas!)

We have no idea how many will turn up, but we are promoting this event widely around the county and hope to attract a possibly different range of visitors from those who come regularly each year to the village Open Gardens event. Maybe some who visit Flaxdale garden on the 18th will be tempted to return the next day to visit all the other Parwich Open Gardens.

Thank you so very much for your support. If you can’t visit us on the 18th then you are most welcome to come another day to see the garden and paintings and any small donation to DRCS would be gratefully received.

With best wishes,
Mike & Gill R at Flaxdale House

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Parwich Open Gardens

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Tuesday June 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »

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Can You Help Out?

Posted in Gardens on Tuesday May 31, 2011| 3 Comments »

Sue H has passed us the following request:

I have just taken on an allotment and can’t dig it all in one go! Does anyone have any old carpet or black plastic to spare or to borrow? My number is 334.

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Flaxdale Garden & Art Exhibition – 18th June

Posted in Arts, Gardens on Saturday May 28, 2011| 1 Comment »

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Trip to Harlow Carr

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Thursday May 26, 2011| Leave a Comment »

A great day was had at RHS Harlow Carr at Harrogate. Thank you to JF-S for taking the photos, which show some of the group enjoying a tour of the gardens. A big thank you to Rebecca for organising the trip on behalf of the Horticultural Society.

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The next trip is to Felley Priory Gardens and Hebb’s Farmhouse on Wednesday 13th July. Please book your tickets through Rebecca (318)

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Harlow Carr Tomorrow

Posted in Gardens on Tuesday May 24, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Just a quick reminder to those people who have booked to go on the trip to RHS Harlow Carr, tomorrow.  Please meet on The Green at 9am.

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Why not open your garden?

Posted in Gardens on Sunday May 15, 2011| Leave a Comment »

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Culland Hall Plant Fair & Open Gardens 2011

Posted in Gardens on Thursday May 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Everything’s coming up roses at Culland Hall

Annual Specialist Plant Fair and Open Gardens moves date to show Blooms at their best

SUNDAY 19th JUNE 2011, 11am – 4pm

The Specialist Plant Fair, held in aid of the Mid-Derbyshire Association for Mobile Physiotherapy, has become an annual treat for garden lovers. A hand-picked selection of over twenty specialist Nurseries and R.H.S. Exhibitors will offer rare and unusual plants for sale, alongside garden-related gifts, French Garden Accessories and antiques.

The Gardens will be open from 11am to 4pm on Sunday 19th June 2011. Home-made cakes and refreshments will be on sale for those wishing to sit and relax within the 19th Century walled kitchen gardens.

Entrance: £3.50. Children Free. Disabled facilities. Free Car Park.

Also on the same day – Parwich Open Gardens 2-6pm.
Visit Culland Hall in the morning and spend the afternoon in Parwich

After one of the harshest Winters for many years, the magnificent gardens at Culland Hall, nestled in their parkland setting near Ashbourne in Derbyshire are finally coming into bloom. (more…)

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Harlow Carr – Last Chance

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Thursday May 5, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Last Chance to get tickets for the Horticultural Society trip to Harlow Carr on Wednesday 24th May.
 
There are still a few spaces left on this trip leaving at 9am, returning approx 6.30pm.  The cost is £8 to members and a further £2 for the guided tour which is optional.  Please let Rebecca know by Monday 9th May as we may swap to a smaller coach and then there will be no more spaces.  Deposits of £5 to Rebecca at Knob Hall 390318.
 
Harlow Carr is the Royal Horticultural Society’s northern garden.  Rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolia’s should be a highlight at this time of the year.  As well as extensive gardens, there is a shop, plant centre and Betty’s Tearooms.
 
 

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Would you like to open your garden?

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Wednesday May 4, 2011| Leave a Comment »

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Dorothy’s Bluebell Wood

Posted in 2011, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note on Monday May 2, 2011| 2 Comments »

Dorothy L’s wooded area has once again been glorious. The daffodil display was spectacular and now we have the treat of the bluebells. For those lucky enough to wander through the meandering paths, there is a special peaceful feel to the place. The sunlight dappling though the leaves onto the flowers below is magical. Dorothy kindly allowed our roving reporter to take some pictures. Click on each image to enlarge it.

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Parwich Open Gardens – A date for your diary

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Wednesday April 6, 2011| Leave a Comment »

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Film tonight and two great trips for the summer

Posted in Films, Gardens, Societies on Thursday March 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Deposits for the trips to Harlow Carr and/or Felley Priory and Hebb’s farmhouse can be paid to Rebecca tonight at the film show.

Two great trips

Wednesday 25th May – RHS Harlow Carr – departure 9am

Harlow Carr is the Royal Horticultural Society’s northern garden. Rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias should be a highlight at this time of year. As well as the extensive gardens there is a shop and plant centre and Betty’s Café tea rooms.

We can offer this trip to society members at the bargain price of £8! Entry is free, as the society is affiliated to the RHS. There will be an additional charge of £2 for those wishing to have a tour. Non members can either join the society at a cost of £2 or pay the entry fee of £7.50 ( free to RHS members).

Wednesday 13th July – Felley Priory and Hebb’s Farmhouse – departure 9.30am

In the morning we will visit Felley Priory Gardens in Nottinghamshire (left) a private garden and plant nursery. We will have lunch there and then there is a short drive to Hebb’s farmhouse, Stuart Dixon’s garden. Stuart gave a talk to the society in 2009 and he will show us round his garden; followed by tea and scones.

The cost for this trip is £10, it includes tea and scones at Hebb’s Farmhouse and and entry to both gardens. If however you are an RHS member, entry into Felley Priory is free and the total cost of the trip will be reduced to £7.00.

In order to keep transport costs to a minimum, from April 1st these trips will be opened to non society members. Please can members pay their £5 deposit by Thursday 31st March to secure a place.

Please let Rebecca Jordan, Knob Hall, have your payments. These details and forms have been delivered to all society members.

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Parwich and District Horticultural Society News

Posted in Films, Flora, Gardens, Out & About, Societies on Monday March 28, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Final call for any members wanting to go on the trips to RHS Harlow Carr on Wednesday 25th May and Felley Priory and Hebb’s farmhouse on Wednesday 13th July. Please pay your deposits to Rebecca Jordan, Knob Hall, by the end of this month; after which we will open up the seats to non members to ensure we can fill the coaches. If you are coming to our film show on Thursday, Rebecca will collect deposits there.

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Two great trips

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Thursday March 10, 2011| Leave a Comment »

Wednesday 25th May   –  RHS Harlow Carr   –  departure 9am

Harlow Carr is the Royal Horticultural Society’s northern garden. Rhododendrons, azaleas and magnolias should be a highlight at this time of year. As well as the extensive gardens there is a shop and plant centre and Betty’s Café tea rooms.

We can offer this trip to society members at the bargain price of £8!  Entry is free, as the society is affiliated to the RHS.  There will be an additional charge of £2 for those wishing to have a tour.  Non members can either join the society at a cost of £2 or pay the entry fee of £7.50 ( free to RHS members).

Wednesday 13th July  – Felley Priory and Hebb’s Farmhouse  – departure 9.30am

In the morning we will visit Felley Priory Gardens in Nottinghamshire (left) a private garden and plant nursery.  We will have lunch there and then there is a short drive to Hebb’s farmhouse, Stuart Dixon’s garden.  Stuart gave a talk to the society in 2009 and he will show us round his garden; followed by tea and scones (included in the price). £3 entrance to each garden, although Felley Priory is free to individuals who are RHS members

The cost for this trip is £10 including tea and scones at Hebb’s Farmhouse. Members of the RHS can get into Felley Priory for free and the cost to them is £7.00.

In order to keep transport costs to a minimum we will be making up numbers with non society members; as members will have priority we are asking them to pay a deposit of £5 per person for each trip by 31st March to secure a place.

Please let Rebecca Jordan, Knob Hall, have your payments.  These details and forms have been delivered to all society members.

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Leatherbritches Nursery – New Stuff

Posted in Gardens on Saturday November 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Now in:

  • Winter Baskets
  • Winter pansy-viola-heathers
  • Wallflowers and Cyclamen

Also, loose spring bulbs.

Plus lots more……

Orders being taken for holly wreaths and holly crosses.

Call in and see Bill or Ann, or phone on 390571 / 07713 743295.

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Online book of Open Gardens

Posted in 2010, Gardens, Photography, Posts of Note on Wednesday November 10, 2010| 1 Comment »

Audrey, a friend of Mike & Kevin’s in America , visited Parwich over an Open Garden Weekend.  She so enjoyed the day that she has produced an online book of the afternoon.  It is a delightful snapshot of the day, with some  magical photos.  Click here to enjoy the story.  The photo below is a sample page from the book, by clicking on any page you can enlarge that photo.

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