Archive for the ‘Gardens’ Category

What to do this weekend

Posted in Gardens, Out & About on Thursday May 15, 2008| 5 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 of Osmaston Church and Primary School and a malaria project in the Gambia.  The gardens are noted for their rhododendrons and azaleas, and for more details of the afternoon contact Joan Bailey on 01335 347012.

For the less horticulturally minded there is a historic railway walk from Rowsley Station on Saturday and an RNLI Fun Day on Sunday at Carsington Water.  To find out more about these events see our EVENTS BEYOND page.

Also as Mike pointed out the Buxton Antiques Fair, which has already started, continues up to Sunday.

Don’t worry if you start feeling flower power withdrawal next week as Hognaston Flower Festival starts next Thursday, prior to the Open Gardens Season getting into full swing in June.  When does anyone find time to do any gardening?

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Gnomes.

Posted in Gardens, People, Project Parwich, Young people 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 multiply when no-one is looking.

The Collection is of particular interest to those of a whimsical and youthful nature, and visitors to the wonderful village of Parwich are often drawn to this collection.

This year Jane is extending a warm invitation to those who visit it to show their appreciation by making a donation to – hurrah, hurrah – PROJECT PARWICH.

Thanks, Jane!

– submitted by Patti Beasley

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Sheffield Botanical Gardens

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Tuesday May 13, 2008| 1 Comment »

There are still spaces on the Horticultural Society’s trip to

Sheffield Botantical Gardens
Wednesday 21st May
depart Parwich Village Green 8-45am

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

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Alan Titchmarsh beware!

Posted in 2008, Gardens, People, Posts of Note, Societies, Young people on Wednesday May 7, 2008| Leave a Comment »

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 of this area too. And what a help they were – fantastic! We planted through the weed-suppressing membrane, adding fresh compost and fertilizer, covering the plants again with the bark chippings. Keen to learn, their enthusiasm never wavered in the three hours it took to make the area look attractive. Josh did, however, remind us of the importance of being finished by 6.20pm, for ‘Doctor Who’!

They all said that they were going to ask others to take care not to walk on the area and to keep it looking good. A sense of ownership? – I think so.

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Cherry Blossom

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.

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“The English & Their Gardens”

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Wednesday April 30, 2008| Leave a Comment »

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

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Talk on “The English & their Gardens

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Sunday April 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »

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) 

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Plant Sale at Culland Hall

Posted in Events, Gardens, Out & About on Saturday April 26, 2008| 1 Comment »

 

For details of 2009 Plant Sale click here

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 and is sign posted off the A52 Derby to Ashbourne road.

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More Photos of the Square

Posted in Gardens, Photography on Thursday April 24, 2008| Leave a Comment »

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!

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Gardening Posts….?

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:

 Let us know if you’d be interested……!

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The Square in bloom

Posted in 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 ago, and Dorothy certainly rose to the challenge of maintaining it. (more…)

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Chatsworth Plant Fair

Posted in Events, Gardens, Out & About on Saturday April 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »

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 Association for Mobile Physiotherapy. If you just want to go to one, go to Culland Hall as it is nearer and in aid of a good cause.

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Planting Summer Containers

Posted in Events, Gardens, Societies on Wednesday April 16, 2008| Leave a Comment »

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.

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Horticultural Committee Meeting Tonight

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.

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Horticultural Society Pages on this Site

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Sunday March 23, 2008| Leave a Comment »

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 your thoughts on how this works, and whether other local groups might be interested in something similar for themselves?

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Lea Rhododendron Gardens

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.

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New pages added for Horticultural Society.

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Sunday December 9, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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.

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Church Cottage in The English Garden magazine.

Posted in Gardens, News on Monday November 26, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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 second fiddle to Highgrove in the UK version!)

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