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Gardening Club

Gardening Club

Chairman Marjorie Watson 016974 78190

 Treasurer   Liz Mounsey 016974 78618

 Programme Secretary Alison Watson 016974 78026

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Programme for 2011/12    

Sept 14th: Bulbs for all Seasons       Tony Rymer

Oct 12th: Growers with Altitude      Weasdale tree nursery

Nov 9th: Selecting gardening tools      Maureen Fleet

Dec 8th: Christmas meal at Denton House (members only)

2012 

Jan 11th: Plants for a Cumbrian Garden     Dave Fenwick

Feb 8th: AGM followed by Lakeland wild flowers      Mike Porter

Feb 26th: Potato day  10am till 3pm       Supplied by Rebekahs vegetables

March 14th: 30 plants you didn’t know you needed           Bob Sanderson

April 11th: Setting up a new orchard        Andy Gilchrist

May :  Cobbling demonstration  date and venue to be arranged

July 11th: Visit to Hazel wood    Jacqueline Iddon’s garden  details to be confirmed 

 About the Gardening Club

Our club was formed in 2004 and has a membership of fifty.

Meetings are normally held in Millhouse Village Hall on the second Wednesday in the month, from September through to May, starting time 7.30pm. 

Members have had the opportunity to learn how to make willow sculptures, stone troughs and Christmas door wreaths, as well as propagating grasses.

The majority of the meetings are open to all, with an admission fee of £2.50 for non-members. 

We also have outings and workshops during the summer months.

Our programmes have included a wide range of topics relating to all aspects of gardening.

We have a wealth of expertise and knowledge in our membership, four of whom have already given talks on various subjects.

 The Gardening Magician

Our passion for gardening is cruelly stunted

A profusion of grasses and weeds grows unwanted

Sadly a beautiful garden becomes rather tragic

Then, Hey Presto, XXXXX appears - just like magic.                                       

He beavers away with hoe, spade and fork

And our shrubs re-emerge like popping a cork         

Our wild lawn is cut and returns to green grass            

 With edges all trimmed - fine order at last     

 All the debris is bagged and carried away       

To be dumped in a skip on another day

XXXXX has provided that magic brush

That leaves us a garden lovely and lush