Gardening Club Extra Sunday 15th Oct
Come and help plant tulip, allium and crocus bulbs in the Square in Oxford St.. Meet up Sunday 15th Oct at 2pm. All welcome including all novice gardeners or would-be gardeners.
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Gardening club 11.45am 9th October
This month at gardening club we will be planting lots of crocus, tulip and allium bulbs, donated by Tesco, in the raised brick beds in Oxford St. They should create a wonderful display in the Spring. Come and join us – bring gardening gloves and small gardening tools if you[…]
Read moreApple picking and apple pressing in the Community Orchard
Lots of lovely apple juice produced from the apples in the community orchard. Thanks to Richard for bringing along the equipment and to everyone who came.
Read moreGardening Club 11th September
We were a small gardening group on Monday 11th September meeting in Oxford Square but cleared some weeds and planted saffron crocus bulbs. These will flower next autumn and if you have the patience can provide saffron. Meanwhile many of the plants are continuing to flourish and flower. Next Gardening[…]
Read moreGardening Club 14th August
Brilliant work on staking and straightening the little cherry tree in the brick bed today and have a look at all our weeding efforts. Much improved. Breaking news – we are hoping for some funding from Tesco for some more planting so watch this space! Next Gardening club will be[…]
Read moreGardening club 10th July
Erica, Andy, Catherine and Anne met for an hour on Monday morning and weeded out the brick bed in Oxford Square. The herbs are surviving despite the very dry conditions but hoping for more rain. Thanks to all who helped. Next gardening club is 14th August 11.45am A social offshoot[…]
Read moreGardening Club plants herbs
The brick bed in Oxford Street square has now been planted up with a variety of plants and herbs. There is a medicinal herbal theme to the planting and we will soon see many native herbs such as Yarrow [Achellea], Foxglove [Digitalis], Camomile, Angelica, Thyme, Marjoram and Lemon balm sprouting[…]
Read moreFebruary gardening club
Monday Gardening club will be meeting again on 13th February at 11.30am. We plan to keep up with the weeding ready for our big plant up starting on 13th March and continuing on Saturday 18th March. The bulbs planted in January are already starting to shoot up – signs spring[…]
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