ESTABLISHED 1892
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STALBRIDGE GARDEN SOCIETY ANNUAL FLOWER & PRODUCE SHOW SATURDAY 18TH AUGUST 2018 ADVANCE NOTICE – GET SNAPPING! PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES FOR 2018 ADULT CLASSES SPRING FLOWERS A BUTTERFLY ON A FLOWER GRASSES SUNRISE OR SUNSET ROOFTOPS CHILDREN’S CLASS A SPIDER’S WEB |
Our 2018 Programme of Talks, outings and events
JANUARY |
Thursday 11th “Fabulous Foliage” – Debbie Winn |
FEBRUARY |
Thursday 8th “Bach Flower Remedies” – Judith Stewart |
MARCH |
Thursday 8th Garden Quiz – Mark Webber AGM and SPRING SHOW |
APRIL |
Thursday 12th “The National Garden Scheme” – David Moon |
MAY |
Thursday 10th "The Bee Friendly Garden” – Neil Lovesey Saturday 12th SPRING PLANT & JUMBLE SALE – Stalbridge Hall, 10.30am. |
JUNE |
Thursday 14th “Growing Your Own” – Castle Gardens ROSE COMPETITION |
JULY |
Thursday 12th Evening Outing |
AUGUST |
Thursday 9th “Ascension Island” – Martin Young Saturday 18th ANNUAL PRODUCE & FLOWER SHOW, Stalbridge Hall, 2.30pm |
SEPTEMBER |
Thursday 13th “Dorset Wildlife Trust – The Importance of Dorset’s Veteran Trees” - Emma Tomlin DAHLIA COMPETITION |
OCTOBER |
Thursday 11th “Designing with Plants” – Marion Dale APPLE COMPETITION |
NOVEMBER |
Thursday 8th “Looking at Hedges & Barriers” – Castle Gardens |
DECEMBER |
Thursday 13th “The Winter Garden – Debbie Winn” and CHRISTMAS BUFFET |
Please note our Annual Produce and Flower Show will be on Saturday 18th August 2018.
Our Plant and Jumble Sale will be on Saturday 12th May 2018.
Our Plant and Jumble Sale will be on Saturday 12th May 2018.
The Society, established in 1892, meets on the second Thursday of each month
in Stalbridge Hall at 7.30.pm Why not come and join us?
We would love to see you. Annual subscription £10.00 or just come as a visitor for £2 per evening. Each month we have a talk by an expert on an aspect of gardening or garden related topic. Alongside some of our talks we hold season-related informal competitions. Just come along, or for more information please telephone: Anne 01963 362670. 
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Stalbridge Garden Society produce a newsletter each month. Here is the June 2018 edition... Tony Moore our chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting, he gave out the notices, including the fund raising day to raise money for something useful for Brian, when he told Mike Burkes about Brian’s situation, he very kindly offered to waver his fee so that we could put it to Brian’s collection. Mike, from Castle Gardens was then introduced, and his talk this evening was entitled, “Growing Your Own”. He brought in lots of fruit and vegetable plants, for us to see, then he talked about how and where was the most suitable, to plant these. Mike talked about all of the different seeds which are now on the market, including, lots of unusual varieties, rainbow carrots and beetroot, purple podded peas, red stripped beans, and lots more, including a blue radish, and rainbow chard. He talked about “healthy eating”, how growing your own was much better for you, because it is organic, with no sprays or chemicals, unlike some supermarket food! Taste the food that is home grown, also tastes far better, there is nothing like picking your own tomatoes, peas, broad beans and runner beans. Where to grow this produce, when sowing or planting in the garden, you can always add compost or well-rotted manure, for good results. If digging is not your thing you can always do the NO dig scheme. Raised beds , these are great for planting vegetables and also fruit, and all crops usually do really well, as long as there kept moist, also slugs and snails are easier to control. Finally you can always sow seed, into pots, carrots, peas, French beans , runner beans, salad crops, along with fruit, will do well if kept watered and the pot or container is a good size. Mike talked a little about bug control, and companion planting, marigolds with tomatoes that type of planting. This was an interesting and entertaining talk given by Mike from Castle Gardens, as always, and we had the opportunity to by some plants at the end. It was also our Rose Competition, there were some beautiful roses on display, and Chris Wiles very kindly came along to judge these, with help from Wendy Bailey. The results are as follows;- One rose stem;- 1st Karen Robinson, 2nd Michelle Howell, 3rd Shirley Hosea, h/c Mary Moore and Anne Brown Rose cluster;- 1st Angela Flavell, 2nd Wendy Bailey, 3rd Shirley Hosea, h/c Murray Robinson Thank you to all of you who took part, it was a beautiful, fragrant display. Next month is our annual evening outing, and we are going to the NGS garden “Q” near Dorchester, we hope that the weather will be kind to us! Time to pick flowers and even harvest some crops, like lettuce, spinach, radish and broad beans. I have just picked ten lovely sweet peas in my own garden, summer seems to be here already! See you back at the hall on Thursday 9th August 7.30p.m Michelle Howell |
The Annual Stalbridge Garden Show in the heart of Hardy country lays out a blooming marvellous display...
"The Sun came out and the residents came to support Stalbridge Garden Society at their Annual Flower & Produce Show. Stalbridge Hall was buzzing all afternoon and the tea ladies were swept off their feet. In the competitions Wendy Bailey won the Westminster Rose for the Highest number of points in the Show and also The Frith Cup (Domestic), The Challenge Cup (Best Floral Decoration), The W.I. Cup (Best W.I. entry) and Wendy and Tony Moore shared The Betty Godwin Trophy (Heaviest weight of potato). There were a good number of children’s entries and Jake Gould won the Betty Godwin Cup (Highest points under 5) William Dike and St. Nicholas School shared The Junior Cup (Highest points 6-9 years). Carenza Howell (highest points 10-13 years). Georgina Dike won The Keith Dumper Memorial Cup for the Best Children’s Entry and also The Stalbridge Cup for the Best Children’s entry in photography. There were many other winners, including John Tinsley who won The Anglesey Bowl for Highest points in vegetables and also The Goblet for the best vegetable exhibit. Jenny Draycott won the William Dike Memorial Cup for the Annual Hanging Basket Competition, sponsored by Dike & Son. In all a very successful and rewarding afternoon".
Look at the map below to see where the Hall is in Stalbridge
