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Summer Show 2022 a Hit
After an enforced break of two years our Summer Show on Saturday September 3rd (the same day as the amazing Hat Festival) was a great success .Outside on East Street the proceeds from the plant fair were donated to The Living Tree charity on its 10th anniversary. Inside the hall, dahlias the size of dinner plates, roses with heady perfumes, luscious loganberries, pungent onions, delicious scones and enormous pumpkins were all on show with their proud producers enjoying the return[…]
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Ask the Audience
If you have any gardening-related queries please send them in. Responses will be posted here as well so that everyone can see the replies and benefit from the experience of other members. Send everything to this address bridportgardeningclub@gmail.com . Unseasonal Apple Blossom – Why? I wonder if someone can give me an explanation why my eating apple tree has just come out in blossom (30 August 2022) as per the photos below.The tree has apples that are nearly ready for[…]
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July visits to Burrow Farm Garden, East Devon & East Lambrook Manor Gardens, Somerset
Burrow Farm Garden – Dedicated labour for a love of the garden On one of the hottest days of the year . . . stay cool in a coach.We toured Burrow Farm Gardens with the creator’s grandson hearing how his grandmother, Mary Benger, had created the first garden in 1966 converting an old clay pit. Gradually over the years more of her husband’s farmland was expanded into garden until in 1983 he finally retired from dairy farming.There are thirteen acres:[…]
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Summer Show – Saturday 3rd September
Our Summer Show takes place this Saturday, have a look at your schedule, see what you’ve got growing in your garden / veg plot and get your entries in by 5pm on Wednesday . Those rooted cuttings, excess produce, and spare plants can be brought to the hall at 6:00pm on Friday or from 8:30am on Saturday morning, this time we are supporting Living Tree in their 10th year. Best wishes, and looking forward to seeing you suitably hatted, Margaret[…]
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Visit to RHS Rosemoor in June 2022
Heat, Romance and Drama It started with an enthusiastic greeting of “Welcome, toilets are on the left” then it was out and onward into a pungent scent of rose. Heading directly for the Allotments: past picturesque shady and bordered lawn overlooked by a pavilion and the yew sentinels of the Model Gardens… Past the educational buildings to a gate in a dry-stone wall and where amateurs are taught the wonders of growing their own produce by the Rosemoor Edibles Team. […]
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Bridport Tree Planting Newsletter – July 2022
This issue – the 18th – is mostly about biodiversity. Planting the right trees in the right places brings immediate benefits for nature. In the summer months – when we are not planting saplings – we can look around and see inspiring results on both a big and small scale. Click the following link to download the newsletter as a pdf: July 2022 Newsletter
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Bridport Planters are cared for by the Gardening Club
The Council waters all the planters but it is up to us, the Gardening Club, to keep all of them weed and rubbish free and to regularly dead head the plants. We actually have a planter of our own near the Spar in East St with thanks to Gemma’s Florists for supplying the Gazanias at cost. A small group, equipped with gloves and hand tools, meets on a Sunday and, in a comparatively short time, walks round town giving the[…]
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Members’ Gardens
Bridport and District Gardening Club members have wonderful gardens which should be shared with other garden lovers. Send us pictures of the special places in your special garden. Stephen & Pam Tribe’s 2 acre garden in Colyford Photos by Ann Brown and Sue Day
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