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Forum 2017 at West Dean, report by Mike Kleyn
Alitex On Friday 22nd Sept. a group of around 20 delegates met at the Alitex factory for a brief lecture followed by a most interesting tour of the factory lead by Chris Sawyer. The design office links directly to the modern computer-regulated cutting machinery. The parts for each greenhouse are machined to fine tolerances and powder coated before being wrapped in plastic ready for shipping around the world to countries including Russia, Canada,the USA and Australia. Chris made sure we all understood his passion for these beautiful structures after some 40 years with the company. West Dean Walled Gardens At a sunny West Dean on Saturday morning we found our… Read more »
JUL/AUG 2017 MUSINGS
JUL/AUG 2017 MUSINGS by Maz Gardening Volunteer at Tatton Park Walled Kitchen Garden, Knutsford, Cheshire. The two herds of Deer (Fallow and Red) have been relocated from their usual ‘meadow’ to further into the Parkland because the preparation and build is taking place for the annual RHS Flower Show, which first came to Tatton in 1999. Another week, another wet day, and another four buckets of pear rust-affected leaves were again gathered from the espalier and freestanding Pear trees in the Orchard. [Pear Rust – Gymnosporangium sabinae] & [Pear Scab –dark blotches on leaves – Venturia pyrina]. Pear Rust overwinters on Junipers. The rest of the Team gamely planted, thinned,… Read more »
Programme Forum 2017 – 23rd- 24th September
West Dean Walled Garden Glass and Glasshouses Saturday 23rd September Booking form – West Dean 2017 PDF 9.00 Registration and coffee 10.00 Welcome followed by our speakers and hosts: Sarah Wain & Jim Buckland – Head Gardeners of West Dean Gardens for over 25 years Simon Harrison – Victorian Glasshouse Company Chris Sawyer -Director at Alitex Ben Pope– head gardener of private estate with restored walled garden near Petersfield, Hants There will be a coffee break during the talks 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch 2.00 Tours of the Walled Kitchen Gardens with Sarah and Jim Ending with tea and time for discussion. 16.30 End of the first day In… Read more »
Programme Forum 2017
Programme Forum 2017 – West Dean Walled Gardens Glass and Glasshouses In 1991, in the aftermath of the Great Storms of 1987, Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain began a programme of renovation works at West Dean Gardens. They are the inspirational leaders of the garden team, bringing zeal, imagination, deep horticultural knowledge and an ever-growing understanding and enthusiasm for the gardens and its history. (West Dean 2017) The walled garden is a fabulous Edwardian kitchen garden with thirteen fully stocked period glasshouses and plant houses, frames and pits, fruit house, herbaceous borders, zig-zag fruit wall, Heritage fruit and vegetable collections, tool and mower collections. 2016 marked 25 years since… Read more »
Memorial for Michael Wickenden
Memorial for Michael Wickenden Saturday 12th August 2017 at 12 noon Gatehouse of Fleet Parish Church and afterwards at The Mill on the Fleet R.S.V.P. If you will be attending, please let us know to assist us with catering arrangements. Please contact info@callygardens.co.uk to advise or for further details. Please note that Cally Gardens will be closed to the public on this day.
MAY/JUN 2017 MUSINGS
MAY/JUN 2017 MUSINGS by Maz Gardening Volunteer at Tatton Park Walled Kitchen Garden, Knutsford, Cheshire. Bright and cheery dandelions and graceful cow parsley line the lanes and lift the spirit, as does the glorious sunshine. Everywhere is very dry with grass browning. The Team spent much of the day mulching L-border in Charlotte’s Garden and sprucing up the shrubberies. Potato planting continues, and sowing rows of peas in trenches, with holly sprigs laid on top of the peas before mounding the soil over the rows – hopefully the field mice will have pricked noses should they try to pinch the peas. Hot, hot, hot. Shade was much in demand, and… Read more »
Forum 2017
Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain with Peter Thoday, presenter of the BBC’s “The Victorian Kitchen Garden” In 1991, in the aftermath of the Great Storms of 1987, Jim Buckland and Sarah Wain began a programme of renovation works at West Dean Gardens. They are the inspirational leaders of the garden team, bringing zeal, imagination, deep horticultural knowledge and an ever-growing understanding and enthusiasm for the gardens and its history. (West Dean 2017) The walled garden is a fabulous Edwardian kitchen garden with thirteen fully stocked period glasshouses and plant houses, frames and pits, fruit house, herbaceous borders, zig-zag fruit wall, Heritage fruit and vegetable collections, tool and mower collections. 2016… Read more »
Preliminary Prgramme Forum 2017
Programme Forum 2017 – West Dean Walled Gardens Glass and Glasshouses Saturday 23rd September 9.00 Registration and coffee 10.00 Welcome followed by our speakers: Sarah Wain & Jim Buckland – Head Gardeners of West Dean Gardens for nearly 25 years Simon Harrison – Victorian Glasshouse Company Chris Sawyer -Director at Alitex Ben Hope– head gardener of private estate with restored walled garden near Petersfield, Hants There will be a coffee break during the talks 1.00 – 2.00 Lunch 2.00 Tours of the Walled Kitchen Gardens with Sarah and Jim Ending with tea, discussion and questions. 16.30 End of the first day In addition… Read more »
Article on Harry Dodson in Bordon Herald
Harry Dodson ‘coming home’ Tuesday, 30 May 2017 By Farnham Herald in Local People Harry Dodson on television MORE than a decade after his death, the ashes of Harry Dodson will be coming home to Blackmoor. On Monday, June 19, at 2pm, Reverend Dom Clarke will host a service at St Matthew’s Church, Blackmoor, to mark the interment of Mr Dodson’s remains. Mr Dodson, who died aged 85 on July 25, 2005, became a household name in 1987 when the 13-part series The Victorian Kitchen Garden was first shown on BBC2. His father died when he was six, which led to his move, with his mother and brother, from Surrey… Read more »
Gilmerton House Kitchen Garden open day
Saturday 17th June 10am till 1pm Tea and cake plus a range of perennials and annuals for sale.Please note that the garden is still in very early stages of development but this is a great opportunity for visitors to see the progress we’ve made – do come along and say hello!June Tainsh, Project manager june@gilmertonhouse.com tel 01620880207 www.gilmertonhouse.com