We talked about including some relevant topical advice on the website and our first tip comes from Tigger on clematis. Before March comes storming in next week, time to prune your clematis. There really isn’t a mystery about what to do. If you know when the clematis flowers, you will know how to prune it. …
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Wonderful wildflowers! Jennifer Benyon shows us how to grow and care for them
If you missed this really practical and inspiring talk by Jennifer Benyon don’t despair. We’ve put links here to her well researched suppliers of wildflower seed mixes – Pictorial Meadows and Meadow Mania. If you want inspiration both the websites mentioned have lots of images and you can see wildflower planting in London Fields, the Olympic Park …
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A private view of two National Garden Scheme gardens
As the drizzle set in around 6pm on referendum day our little group gathered at St Peters to be conveyed, in a variety of member’s cars, to the top of a hill in Highgate with views over London. Barbara Barnett had arranged this private viewing of two gardens and few of us knew what to expect. …
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John Little’s Home
Those of you who came to the meeting in May will remember John Little, who kindly invited the Club to visit his home in Essex. Four of us went yesterday and were blown away by his eco-friendly garden filled with amazing ideas. He and his partner also entertained us royally with a two hour tour of the …
Making an advent wreath
If you missed last night’s monthly meeting you missed a wonderful and pine-scented demonstration of wreath making by local florists Anna Day and Ellie Jauncey of The Flower Appreciation Society. We sipped mulled wine and nibbled mince-pies as they made two beautiful wreaths from a selection of evergreens including fir, bay, rosemary and ivy as …
Annual walkabout – London Fields and Dalston
For those of you who missed it here are some pics from last night’s lovely walkabout which was impeccably organised by Nancy. Gardens included Tigger’s abundant strip of heaven, a herb filled front garden in Richmond Road and a windy rooftop oasis amongst the new developments at Dalston Cross.
Planting of the Month
The De Beauvoir Gardeners are delighted to see the new interest in planting up areas in public view making the neighbourhood a more pleasant place. We would like to give these some recognition by awarding a monthly prize of £25 for the ‘Planting of the month’. A planting can be any space, which can be …
Sky Garden
We managed to get some of the free tickets to the Sky Garden at the top of the Walki Talkie. It is an indoor roof garden with lovely spaces and a green wall outside. You can book a free visit here but if you book a table for coffee/breakfast etc. at the Sky Pod bar …
Olympic Park Tour
On Tuesday about 25 of us ranging in age from 6 months to nearly 90 went on a tour of the Olympic Park Gardens. It was a trial as they hope to offer horticultural tours to clubs around the country to support the gardens and community involvement. I have attached some photos. If you are …
2014 Coach Trip
The coach trip this year took place on 22nd June and visited Spencer’s Garden, Snares Hill Cottage and Langthorns Plantery. Thanks to Roger Till for the photographs, it is almost like being there. .
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