ESTABLISHED 1892
COVID 19 UPDATE (18TH MAY 2020)
As you are aware, we have been unable to meet since our last meeting in March, and as yet, have no news about when we may be able to safely resume our programme.
Our Plant and Jumble Sale due last Saturday (16th May) had to be cancelled, but club members had been asked to grow extras to sell there and some members have surplus plants to sell. Please see the end of this message for details.
Our August produce and flower show, which takes a lot of planning and arranging, has also been cancelled, although some elements may continue, depending on when we can resume meetings. Those elements are likely to include the photographic classes, the members' potato growing competition, the members' Fuchsia growing competition and possibly the childrens' calendar competition. No entry fees. Certificates rather than trophies, will be presented.
So far, members with plants for sale are:
Geoff Jeans, who has plants on his drive, with an honesty box, lives opposite the main gates to Stalbridge Park, on Church Hill. He asks for 50p per plant and has TOMATOES: New sorts 5 Pink brandy wine
2 Red Brandy wine Tomatoes
6 Romanian Tomatoes
14 Ailsa Craig Tomatoes
6 Money Maker Tomatoes.
Tony Moore, who lives at 'Horseshoes' (bungalow in Station Road, near the corner with Shipney Lane) has the following, but would like a phone call, 07967 592849, as plants would be blown to bits by cars racing past, if they were left at the gate. (60mph limit here).
All 50p plants unless otherwise stated:
EDIBLE
Tomatoes: 'Sweet 100' (cherry type) only 2 pots left.
as above, tray of 6 modules.
'Roma VF' (plum type) 6 trays of 6 modules, .
'Scatalone' (larger plum type) 2 trays of 6 modules and 1 tray of 5 modules.
Butternut Squash, 2 trays of 4 modules, 1 tray of 6 modules.
FLOWERS ETC.
Crocosmia, common, small red type, about 12 ", 11 pots.
Brunnera macrophylla, 4 large pots, £1 each.
Phlox 'Bright Eyes', x 4, £1 each
Dwarf Hosta x 15
Sempervivums , small, x 10
Lobelia 'Cambridge Blue' 1 strip seedlings.
Nemesia mixed, seedlings, 2 trays of 10 modules
Ophiopogon (Black grass) 6 pots
Small potted trees:
Euonymus variegated, 6", x 3. £1 each.
Cypress 'Wilma', 9", x 4, £1 each.
Proceeds will go to Stalbridge Garden Society.
Various other small trees, varying ages and prices.
Members are welcome to use this facility to dispose of surplus plants, sell or even swap! Please text details to Tony Moore on above number.
You may be surprised to see Stalbridge residents gardens and individual features on the Facebook page "Stalbridge Gardens Photos"
Our Plant and Jumble Sale due last Saturday (16th May) had to be cancelled, but club members had been asked to grow extras to sell there and some members have surplus plants to sell. Please see the end of this message for details.
Our August produce and flower show, which takes a lot of planning and arranging, has also been cancelled, although some elements may continue, depending on when we can resume meetings. Those elements are likely to include the photographic classes, the members' potato growing competition, the members' Fuchsia growing competition and possibly the childrens' calendar competition. No entry fees. Certificates rather than trophies, will be presented.
So far, members with plants for sale are:
Geoff Jeans, who has plants on his drive, with an honesty box, lives opposite the main gates to Stalbridge Park, on Church Hill. He asks for 50p per plant and has TOMATOES: New sorts 5 Pink brandy wine
2 Red Brandy wine Tomatoes
6 Romanian Tomatoes
14 Ailsa Craig Tomatoes
6 Money Maker Tomatoes.
Tony Moore, who lives at 'Horseshoes' (bungalow in Station Road, near the corner with Shipney Lane) has the following, but would like a phone call, 07967 592849, as plants would be blown to bits by cars racing past, if they were left at the gate. (60mph limit here).
All 50p plants unless otherwise stated:
EDIBLE
Tomatoes: 'Sweet 100' (cherry type) only 2 pots left.
as above, tray of 6 modules.
'Roma VF' (plum type) 6 trays of 6 modules, .
'Scatalone' (larger plum type) 2 trays of 6 modules and 1 tray of 5 modules.
Butternut Squash, 2 trays of 4 modules, 1 tray of 6 modules.
FLOWERS ETC.
Crocosmia, common, small red type, about 12 ", 11 pots.
Brunnera macrophylla, 4 large pots, £1 each.
Phlox 'Bright Eyes', x 4, £1 each
Dwarf Hosta x 15
Sempervivums , small, x 10
Lobelia 'Cambridge Blue' 1 strip seedlings.
Nemesia mixed, seedlings, 2 trays of 10 modules
Ophiopogon (Black grass) 6 pots
Small potted trees:
Euonymus variegated, 6", x 3. £1 each.
Cypress 'Wilma', 9", x 4, £1 each.
Proceeds will go to Stalbridge Garden Society.
Various other small trees, varying ages and prices.
Members are welcome to use this facility to dispose of surplus plants, sell or even swap! Please text details to Tony Moore on above number.
You may be surprised to see Stalbridge residents gardens and individual features on the Facebook page "Stalbridge Gardens Photos"
Our 2020 Programme of Talks, outing and events
JANUARY |
Thursday 9th "The Holly and The Ivy" Roy Cheek |
FEBRUARY |
Thursday 13th "The Art & Science of Compost Making", Lois Phillips |
MARCH |
Thursday 12th AGM and members' SPRING SHOW followed by "Call my Bluff" with Ivan Crode & co. |
APRIL |
Thursday 9th "Weeds & their Control" Adrian Hutchison |
MAY |
Thursday 14th "Hanging Baskets" Thorngrove's Chris Francis Saturday 16th SPRING PLANT & JUMBLE SALE – Stalbridge Hall, 10.30am. CANCELLED |
JUNE |
Thursday 11th "What to plant in your Greenhouse" Castle Gardens members' ROSE COMPETITION |
JULY |
Thursday 9th Evening Outing CANCELLED |
AUGUST |
Thursday 13th "Trees and the Law" Mark Hinsley CANCELLED Sat. 15th ANNUAL PRODUCE & FLOWER SHOW, Stalbridge Hall, 2.30pm CANCELLED |
SEPTEMBER |
Thursday 10th "The Glories of Westonbirt Arboretum" Westonbirt staff. and members DAHLIA COMPETITION |
OCTOBER |
Thursday 8th "Getting the Garden Ready for Winter" Caroline Pakenham members' APPLE COMPETITION |
NOVEMBER |
Thursday 12th "Plants that should be Better Known" Katherine Crouch |
DECEMBER |
Thursday 10th Christmas buffet and Quiz Martin Young |
March 2020 Meeting
Tony Moore our chairman welcomed everyone to this month’s meeting. This month was our A.G.M. along with the Spring Competition and also this evening we had a “Call my Bluff” quiz, so it was a very busy evening!
After the minutes had been read from last year’s A.G.M, , Our secretary Patsy then asked for the election of officers and committee: we welcomed Bob and Jackie Newell on to both the show and general committees . Geoff Jeans stepped down as vice chairman and also the committee, after a very long service, Tony our chairman thanked him for all his hard work and support over the many years.
We then elected Murray Robinson as our new vice chairman, and the rest of the officers and committee were all willing to stand again this year and were supported by the majority vote.
Carolyn Loosen our treasurer gave us a breakdown of the yearly accounts, and then we talked about our finances in general, and the fact that we really need some new members: as to date we only have thirty three, and the membership is such good value at only ten pounds for this year’s membership,
We are now looking at new ways to fund raise for the garden society. We are always grateful for new ideas and offers of help to keep this long-standing society going for the next hundred years we hope.
The A.G.M was then drawn to a close, as time was pressing on, and we had the spring competition winners to announce, kindly judged by Chris Wiles with help from Karen Robinson, thank you to both of them.
The results are as follows;-
Class 1 Daffodils 1st Anne Brown 2nd Carolyn Loosen 3rd Tony Moore
Class 2 Large Cup Narcissi 1st Jackie Newell 2nd Bob Newell
Class 3 Small Cup Narcissi 1st Tony 2nd Anne 3rd Carolyn
Class 4 Narcissi 6 blooms 1st Karen Robinson 2nd Michelle Howell 3rd Jackie h/c Marigold Edwards and Anne
Class 5 Miniature Daffodils 1st Karen 2nd Marigold
Class 6 Spring Bulbs 1st Anne 2nd Michelle
Class 7 1st Jackie 2nd Karen 3rd Mary Moore h/c Anne
Class 8 Spring Bulbs one variety 1st Jackie 2nd Marigold 3rd Michelle
Class 9 Single daffodil growing in a pot 1st Tony 2nd Anne 3rd Wendy Bailey h/c Michelle, Carolyn, Mary, Marigold, and John Farrant
Well done to all of you who took part, considering the weather we have had it was a lovely show of colour to brighten up the hall.
Next on the agenda was our guests for the evening Ivan Crode and Co, who set up with lots of unusual items from the past and some present day, for us to guess what they might have been used for. It was ‘call my bluff’ so we had to guess who told us the correct use for the item, and who spun us a good story. There were three of them all telling us something different, yet all very convincing at the same time!
We had items such as a thatcher’s palmster, a champagne cork remover, hot chestnut picker upper, HMS Demon ash tray, a toffee cutter and some which I cannot tell you, but they were so funny we couldn’t stop laughing.
This was a great evening, we all really enjoyed it: my group managed to get 5 out of 14 it was so difficult, but such fun!
Members were invited to take a plug plant Fuchsia ‘Happy Wedding Day’ to grow on for the August Show and to take a seed potato ‘Foremost’, also to grow on for the August Show.
Don’t forget to grow some plants for our plant and jumble sale on May 16th we hope that it will go ahead.
Next month the talk in entitled “Weeds and their control” with Adrian Hutchinson, this is something we all need to know, so do come and join us at the hall on Thursday 9th April time 7.30pm , if you would like to come along as a visitor it only costs £2.
Take time to enjoy the spring colour. My garden is in full flower at present, whether there will be any daffs out for Easter I don’t know: everything is early again this year as it has been mild with very few frosts!
Time to think about planting seed potatoes, and broad beans, and start to think about sowing seeds undercover.
Michelle Howell
Tony Moore our chairman welcomed everyone to this month’s meeting. This month was our A.G.M. along with the Spring Competition and also this evening we had a “Call my Bluff” quiz, so it was a very busy evening!
After the minutes had been read from last year’s A.G.M, , Our secretary Patsy then asked for the election of officers and committee: we welcomed Bob and Jackie Newell on to both the show and general committees . Geoff Jeans stepped down as vice chairman and also the committee, after a very long service, Tony our chairman thanked him for all his hard work and support over the many years.
We then elected Murray Robinson as our new vice chairman, and the rest of the officers and committee were all willing to stand again this year and were supported by the majority vote.
Carolyn Loosen our treasurer gave us a breakdown of the yearly accounts, and then we talked about our finances in general, and the fact that we really need some new members: as to date we only have thirty three, and the membership is such good value at only ten pounds for this year’s membership,
We are now looking at new ways to fund raise for the garden society. We are always grateful for new ideas and offers of help to keep this long-standing society going for the next hundred years we hope.
The A.G.M was then drawn to a close, as time was pressing on, and we had the spring competition winners to announce, kindly judged by Chris Wiles with help from Karen Robinson, thank you to both of them.
The results are as follows;-
Class 1 Daffodils 1st Anne Brown 2nd Carolyn Loosen 3rd Tony Moore
Class 2 Large Cup Narcissi 1st Jackie Newell 2nd Bob Newell
Class 3 Small Cup Narcissi 1st Tony 2nd Anne 3rd Carolyn
Class 4 Narcissi 6 blooms 1st Karen Robinson 2nd Michelle Howell 3rd Jackie h/c Marigold Edwards and Anne
Class 5 Miniature Daffodils 1st Karen 2nd Marigold
Class 6 Spring Bulbs 1st Anne 2nd Michelle
Class 7 1st Jackie 2nd Karen 3rd Mary Moore h/c Anne
Class 8 Spring Bulbs one variety 1st Jackie 2nd Marigold 3rd Michelle
Class 9 Single daffodil growing in a pot 1st Tony 2nd Anne 3rd Wendy Bailey h/c Michelle, Carolyn, Mary, Marigold, and John Farrant
Well done to all of you who took part, considering the weather we have had it was a lovely show of colour to brighten up the hall.
Next on the agenda was our guests for the evening Ivan Crode and Co, who set up with lots of unusual items from the past and some present day, for us to guess what they might have been used for. It was ‘call my bluff’ so we had to guess who told us the correct use for the item, and who spun us a good story. There were three of them all telling us something different, yet all very convincing at the same time!
We had items such as a thatcher’s palmster, a champagne cork remover, hot chestnut picker upper, HMS Demon ash tray, a toffee cutter and some which I cannot tell you, but they were so funny we couldn’t stop laughing.
This was a great evening, we all really enjoyed it: my group managed to get 5 out of 14 it was so difficult, but such fun!
Members were invited to take a plug plant Fuchsia ‘Happy Wedding Day’ to grow on for the August Show and to take a seed potato ‘Foremost’, also to grow on for the August Show.
Don’t forget to grow some plants for our plant and jumble sale on May 16th we hope that it will go ahead.
Next month the talk in entitled “Weeds and their control” with Adrian Hutchinson, this is something we all need to know, so do come and join us at the hall on Thursday 9th April time 7.30pm , if you would like to come along as a visitor it only costs £2.
Take time to enjoy the spring colour. My garden is in full flower at present, whether there will be any daffs out for Easter I don’t know: everything is early again this year as it has been mild with very few frosts!
Time to think about planting seed potatoes, and broad beans, and start to think about sowing seeds undercover.
Michelle Howell
Stalbridge Garden Society Annual Produce, Craft & Flower Show 2019 was held on Saturday 17th August. During the previous evening and the morning of the show, the halls slowly filled with exhibits of all colours, shapes and sizes, from miniature flower displays to decorated wheelbarrows; from beetroots to bonsai. More than 60 exhibitors put on a display featuring in excess of 400 items, giving the five judges a huge but pleasant challenge.
Despite the vagaries of the recent weather, there were lots of entries achieving a very high standard, as usual, including in the childrens’ sections.
26 impressive trophies were there for the winning, and the displays did not disappoint!
The newest trophy in the cabinet was presented in memory of long-time member Bev Hall, by her husband, Ray. The trophy, a carved outline of a tree, framed in a beautiful bowl, all contained in one piece of wood and called ‘Bev’s Bowl’ was presented for the best Rose in the show and was won by Marigold Edwards.
Although advertised as opening at 2.30.pm, there was a queue at 2.15pm, so the doors were opened.
A ‘Peoples Choice’ exercise was undertaken to decide the best exhibit in the whole show. Visitors were invited to vote for their favourite. The prize was a £15 voucher kindly presented by Williams’ Florist and was won with a beautiful quilt, hand-made by Wendy Bailey.
The village Hanging Basket competition saw 12 entries this year, - the most ever - competing for the William Dike Memorial Cup. This was judged and photographed ahead of the show by the management of Dikes, who also kindly provided Dikes Vouchers for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. The winner was Wendy Bailey.
The spread of trophy winners was wide; the overall winner was Chris Jeans who was presented with the Westminster Rose Bowl for most points across the whole show, although there were only 6 points separating 1st and 3rd.
The trophies were presented by our Postmaster, Paul Wavish, wearing best bib and tucker, a sight many villagers hadn’t seen before! The organisers thank everyone for making the show such a success: club members, exhibitors, judges, our photographers, visitors and our guest of honour, Paul Wavish.
Many thanks to Wendy Bailey, who took the 'pre-judged' show pictures, and to John Foster-Pegg for the photos of the trophy winners.
THE PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES
FOR NEXT YEAR’S
ANNUAL PRODUCE, CRAFT & FLOWER SHOW
TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 15th 2020
ADULT CLASSES
POPPIES.
TREE REFLECTED IN WATER.
SUNFLOWER.
RAINBOW.
PLANTER - PLANTED TUB.
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
WILD FLOWERS.
AN INTERESTING GATE OR GATES.
FOR NEXT YEAR’S
ANNUAL PRODUCE, CRAFT & FLOWER SHOW
TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 15th 2020
ADULT CLASSES
POPPIES.
TREE REFLECTED IN WATER.
SUNFLOWER.
RAINBOW.
PLANTER - PLANTED TUB.
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
WILD FLOWERS.
AN INTERESTING GATE OR GATES.
The Society, established in 1892, meets on the second Thursday of each month
in Stalbridge Hall at 7.30.pm
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:
Tony: 01963 365848
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:
Tony: 01963 365848
Look at the map below to see where the Hall is in Stalbridge
