66th Annual Flower Show

For details of all the classes in the Show, just scroll down to the bottom of this page.

For information about the Show and how to enter have a look at the Diary column top right.

RHS Community Gardening Support

The latest copy of RHS "The Garden" has information (see page 441) about RHS Community Projects. You can find out more on that section of the RHS website

The Gold Club

Wednesday 10th August - The Walled Garden, Castle Gardens

Exclusive Gold Club Summer Party - Illyria (Open air touring company), performance of "The Pirates of Penzance"

6:15 pm Reception and Nibbles in the Butterfly House

7:30 pm Performance

The tickets are £12.50 each, on first come first served basis, booking form with Brian

Becky Groves and Herbs

A lively, informative meeting with Becky Groves (Little Groves Nursery) with any scruffy herbs soon given a haircut, in a hall filled with the scent from the fine selection she had brought along.

Programme of Events

Sunday 5th June

The Big Lunch

(an Eden Project - see the web site)

Drimpton Village Hall Recreation Field

Sunday June 5th, from 12:00 to 2:00 pm

Bring your picnic rug, chairs, tables, games, umbrellas (for the sun

of course), drinks and lunch - grown yourself or locally sourced if

possible. Have fun in the field, or in the hall if wet.

Wednesday 15th June, 7:15 for 7:30 pm

Cultivating Herbs, talk and practical.

Becky Groves from Grove's Nursery

Don't forget to bring an exhibit along for "Flower of the Month"

Wednesday 20th July, meet at Drimpton, to depart 6:00 pm

Visit to Permaculture, Ourganics, Litton Cheney

and camp-fire picnic.

Meet at Drimpton Village Hall to combine transport and leave no later than 6:00 pm.

Saturday 13th August – 66th Annual Flower Show

Schedules are already available, if you haven't had one yet, please ask.

Programme, Recent Talk - Pest & Disease Control

On Wednesday 18th May, the topic was Pest & Disease Control -

including organic and biological methods. The guest speaker was the Managing Director of the Gardens Group:

Mike Burks B.Sc. Hons. Hort.

(An honours degree graduate in Horticulture from the University of

Bath. Mike is one of the founders who set up Castle Gardens in 1987.

Brought up on an organic market garden, nursery and the garden centre,

horticulture is in his blood. He is the Managing Director of The

Gardens Group and has specific responsibility for Finance and Hardy

Plants.)

I don't know if the pests were quaking in their boots or burrows, but the feed-back was:

"Great speaker last night – both informative & entertaining…."

So, thank you Mike!

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