Summer Show 9th August - Show Schedule

If you haven't had a schedule, or it disintegrated in the wash - all is not lost - it's all here ... and you can always print out an entry page or email your entries or phone them in, we don't mind, however you do it, join in the fun.

69th Annual Show
Saturday 9th August
Drimpton Village Hall

Clapton, Wayford, Drimpton & District
Horticultural Society

Annual Show 2014, Front cover

Annual Show 2014, contacts and information

Annual Show 2014, Sale of Produce, Membership, Society Meetings and Fees

Annual Show 2014, Trophies and Prizes

Annual Show 2014, Flowers and Vegetables

Annual Show 2014, Vegetables and Flower Arranging

Annual Show 2014,  Homecraft and Handicraft

Annual Show 2014,  Art, Photography and Young People's Classes

Annual Show 2014,  Family Fun, Group Classes and Ginger Loaf Recipe

Annual Show 2014,  Rules and Entries

Annual Show 2014,  Entry Form

Please print out an Entry Form if you need one.

The Schedule and contents:
© Clapton, Wayford, Drimpton & District Horticultural Society. 2014

Build Your Own Greenhouse

Nichola, who usually looks after our publicity has been busy with Adam, building a greenhouse and all to his design; I haven't heard if he takes commissions.

In the first of what may be the last, or perhaps the pathfinder to more, posting of members' gardens and projects here some some pictures as the greenhouse work progressed.

Footings

Frame Growing

Frame and footings

Glazed and ready 

Nichola has her tomato plants in

Adam at work

Getting there

Peonies & Irises

Sue Applegate

Last evening we were fortunate to welcome, as our guest Speaker, Sue Applegate, once a farmer, then of Kelways and now an independent grower of beautiful peonies and irises. With illustrations, enthusiastic and informative talk and hands-on demonstration she guided us skilfully through the details of raising these beautiful blooms.
Hearing that peony seeds (the dark ones which the birds are more likely to ignore) only have about a 10% germination rate and that can even take up to 3 years, I realised why these can be amongst our dearer plants to buy.
Thank you Sue.

The New Greenhouse

Next post will be some pictures from Nichola, who is usually in charge of our publicity, who has been busy with Adam building their own greenhouse from an original design!

Gold Club Newsletter

We now have both printed and online copies of the latest Newsletter from the Gold Club (the printed one will be circulated at the next meeting) but just in case you can't wait till then, here it is ...

The Gold Club Newsletter Spring 2014

The Gold Club Newsletter Spring 2014, p1

The Gold Club Newsletter Spring 2014, p2

Plant Sale and Community Coffee Morning

Saturday 10th May
10:30 to 12:00
Drimpton Village Hall

A good selection of plants to brighten your borders and hanging baskets, brought to you by Society members all at very good prices. Fuchsia, Geranium, Verbena, to name but three.
Naturally there will also be the usual great cakes, treats and fresh coffee.

The Schedules for the Show are on their way

Last night was a lively and busy Swap, Share Schedules meeting with lots of people bringing along everything from seeds to eggs, including an Easter Egg and naturally, plenty of plants and seedlings.

The Show Schedules have now been given to volunteers to go through doors and letter-boxes - so, look out for yours.

Many thanks to The Gardens Group - Gold Club, who donated Geranium and Fuchsia plug plants for our new growing competition. It will be exciting to see the plants coming back to the July meeting for judging.

Swaps and Plants and more ...

Swap Share and Schedules

Wednesday 16th April - 7:15 for 7:30 pm, in the Village Hall 

(Visitors are always welcome)

Time to bring along anything garden-related to swap (from seed packets to pruning sheers). If you don't have swaps you may still take stuff away for a donation. Rabbit trouble? We've had lots of rabbit guards given to us.
This is also the evening when you can get your hands on a Schedule for the Summer Show, which is on 9th August) and ask questions and get advice from the Show Secretary and stewards.
There's more: we will have plug plants, given to us by the Gardens Group Gold Club, to give to members to take away and nurture, to be returned for judging at the meeting in July.

Bedding Plants

Coffee Morning, in the Village Hall on 18th May, 10:30 to 12:00

Remember the plant sale we did a couple of years ago? We are doing it again, at the Coffee Morning, in the Village Hall on 18th May. There will be a selection of bedding plants, including geraniums and fuchsias to brighten up your garden, all at very good prices and cared for by Society members.

Pictures of a couple of the types which we'll have available.

Bedding Plants, Silver Blue Trailing

Geranium, trailing

Marking the Commencement of the First World War

Finally, you may see some beds in and around our villages, apparently with nothing growing in them. We are seeding them with poppies to help remember the start of the First World War. Passing or pausing, we hope that they will be appropriate places for reflection.

Field Poppy, from the Johnson's seed packet