Garden Club Meetings/Workshops at Lackham 2010
For over a quarter of a century Lackham has been proud to be host to “Garden Club”, organising monthly meetings/demonstrations in order to bring together likeminded individuals with a passion for gardening, both the novice and the more experienced. Several years ago our link with Whitehall Garden Centre was strengthened when the “Lackham Monthly Garden Club” joined with the now hugely successful Whitehall Garden Club.
Wiltshire College, working together with Whitehall Garden Centre, will continue to host the Garden Club and has introduced a number of exciting new guest speakers to our programme for 2010. We are fortunate that Nick Wray from Bristol University Botanic Gardens and Derry Watkins, Special Plants Nursery, will be sharing their experiences and knowledge with us this year.
There will be five events held at Lackham during 2010. There will be a small charge for each event and will continue to offer refreshments and a prize draw ticket as part of the overall cost. The charge for each meeting/workshop covers materials and refreshments. Prize draw “gifts” are supplied by Whitehall Garden Centre and Lackham; sincere thanks go to Whitehall Garden Centre for their continued and generous support.
Please note: meetings/workshops are as usual on the second Friday in the month.
Stan Rawlins (Lackham Grounds Manager) is organiser for the Garden Club events at Lackham with support from Monica Ashman.
All meetings/Workshops are at 1:45pm for a 2:00pm Start Finishing around 4:00pm
1. Friday 12th March 2010 “Making the Most of your Garden’s Microclimate”
Nick Wray, Curator of the University of Bristol Botanic Gardens,
will be bringing along sides and plants to illustrate how to make the best use of different areas of your garden.
Cost £4.00 inclusive of tea/coffee/biscuits and a prize draw ticket payable on the door.
2. Friday 14th May 2010 “An Introduction to the Summer Pruning of Fruit Trees”
Tips on pruning for more fruit and the maintenance of trained trees. This will be demonstrated in the Walled Garden at Lackham.
Cost £4.00 inclusive of tea/coffee/biscuits and a prize draw ticket payable on the door
3. Friday 9th July 2010 – “Plant Propagation Paradise”
A departure from our usual session, there will be short walk around the gardens at Lackham to collect cutting materials followed by the opportunity to practice root cuttings, layering, bud cuttings and leaf petiole, etc. The college will provide rooting hormones, compost and containers, as appropriate, so that cuttings may be taken home for rooting and growing on.
(How many other gardens would allow visitors to do this?)
Cost £4.00 inclusive of tea/coffee/biscuits and a prize draw ticket payable on the door.
4. Friday 15th October 2010 – “Unusual and Long Blooming Plants” Derry Watkins, Special Plants Nursery, Cold Ashton
Derry will recount how the nursery first started and has developed. She will also talk about some of her favourite plants and seeds from her nursery for sale.
5. Friday 10th December 2010 “A Christmas Floral Workshop – creating festive arrangements”
Demonstrations will be provided by experienced staff and students with the opportunity for all to create a small Floral Christmas arrangement to take away.
Cost £5.00 inclusive of tea /coffee/mince pie and a prize draw ticket payable on the door |
