Committee member Richard Holdaway reports on our July outing Overlooking the South Downs near Horsham, the layout of the garden was started in 1801 by Charles George Beauclerk. The Grade1 listed gardens are part of a steep sided gorge. So to get the best out of experience, you do need to be reasonably fit. (There…Continue Reading “LEONARDSLEE LAKES & GARDENS TRIP – camellias, hydrangeas and wallabies”
Open to everyone – have a go! St Luke’s Church Knights Hill, London, SE27 Download the poster here PROGRAMME STAGING OF ENTRIES Saturday 9.00 am – 12 noon EXHIBITORS TO VACATE HALL 12.05 pm JUDGING STARTS 12.15 pm OPENING OF SHOW TO PUBLIC 2.00 pm PRIZE MONEY TO BE COLLECTED 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm…Continue Reading “Late Summer Show September 7”
The Hut is just off Knights Hill Road SE27, opposite Tivoli Park; at the end of Cedar Tree Grove, off Lakeview Road SE27 0QE – click here for a map. There is parking onsite. Number 196 and 468 buses stop two minutes’ walk away (Furneaux Avenue stop going south, Lakeview Road going north). Why shop…Continue Reading “Where’s the Hut? and other questions”
Richard of Withypitts Dahlias – New Grove Nursery, will give us the benefit of his professional expertise. Withypitts Dahlias are renowned countrywide as the grower of the highest quality farmed, cut flower dahlias. They are used by leading event florists at venues such as Westminster Abbey, The Banqueting House, Kensington Palace, Tate Modern and The…Continue Reading “Wednesday 24 July: free Talk on Dahlias & Dahlias on sale”
Lawn turf dressing? Check! Composted fine bark? Check! Whatever you’re looking for, start at the Hut. Currently (early July), we have sacks of top soil, John Innes 1, 2 & 3, multi purpose and ericaceous composts, various mulches including Strulch, horticultural grit and pink grit, pea and black basalt gravels, chicken and farmyard manures, Scottish…Continue Reading “Sacks of soils at the Hut”