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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
GILMERTON HOUSE KITCHEN GARDEN
Apple blossom in the air Wonderful to see our new apple trees flowering their socks off despite this last fiercely cold week with winds that made us all think it was January rather than the start of spring. Our volunteers have made an excellent job of planting all our new trees completing half of our new orchard – all beautifully set out and looking very neat and tidy – we will be labelling up individual trees with your names on them and tree friends are very welcome to come and visit the garden to see their trees in place. To continue the planting of our orchard and… Read more »
MAR/APR 2017 MUSINGS
MAR/APR 2017 MUSINGS by Maz Gardening Volunteer at Tatton Park Walled Kitchen Garden, Knutsford, Cheshire Hazel, Alder and Willow catkins greet the traveller towards Tatton Park; ‘bread-and-cheese’ or Hawthorn is greening up the hedgerows, primroses and daffodils line the lane and ‘bridal veil’ (Spiraea) and winter Cherry is in the pink. Magnolias in the Gardens are magnificent, and the early Rhododendrons are blooming. Clearing up continues after Storm Doris’s rampage. Some trees it was thought would come down as they host bracket fungus didn’t, but seemingly healthy trees have. Seed sowing for the Kitchen Garden has commenced in earnest; Leeks, Brassicas various, Broad Beans and greenhouse crops are sown in… Read more »
Vacancy for Horticulturist – Edibles RHS Rosemoor
Horticulturist- Edibles Rosemoor, Torrington EX38 8PH 37.5 hours per week Any 5 days out of a 7 day period Staff Level – Horticulturist Level I – Circa £19,640 RHS Garden Rosemoor is an enchanting garden set in the beautiful Torridge Valley, designed to provide year round interest and inspiration to all gardeners and garden lovers. An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within our unique and inspirational Fruit and Vegetable garden, potager and Teaching gardens here a wide variety of crops are grown and displayed all year round to inspire our visitors along with creating a visual spectacle. We are looking for a passionate grower with an eye for… Read more »
Booking Form Forum 2017
To download the booking form go to The Grapevine or click Read More and then on the link below Booking form – West Dean 2017 PDF
Gilmerton Kitchen Garden Video
June Tanish writes. . . At the beginning of the month I was asked along to give a workshop at this year’s Trellis conference. These annual conferences are always excellent for ideas, inspiration and networking and well worth attending. I thought I would talk a bit about volunteering and offer some of my own experience in recruiting and motivating volunteers. One of the things that I thought would be interesting to show folk would be what some or our own volunteers thought, why they became involved and what they want out of their own involvement. Initially planning a short video clip on my phone (!) things spiraled into something quite… Read more »
Gilmerton Kitchen Garden March Newsletter
Orchard beginnings… Its wonderful to see the start of our tree planting in the garden – we are setting out and planting our new orchard, some of the trees already purchased by our new members last December. If you haven’t yet been sent your certificate these will be coming out by the end of the month. The soil is quite compacted in this part of the garden so we will be digging biggish holes for these new trees and mixing the soil with lots of good organic matter before they go in. Our thanks to Diana Simcock for her generous contribution of a bulk bag from Garden Solutions to dig… Read more »
Grape Bottles Wanted
We have had a request from Gerd Schurig, a curator in the garden department of the Foundation of Prussian Castles and Gardens. He is also a member of the German Kitchen Garden Network. He is hoping to buy one or two patent Copped Hall grape bottles to exhibit in a historic reconstruction of fruit preservation in the garden at Sanssouci. If anyone reading this message has any Copped Hall grape bottles to spare would they please contact Gerd Schurig, wiss. Mitarb. Gartendenkmalpflege Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Gartendirektion PF 60 14 62 14414 Potsdam Tel. 0331 / 96 94 234 g.schurig@spsg.de