Our next meeting is on Thursday March 14th at the Christ Church Centre in Stone when Philip Aubrey will give a talk called Keep Them in Shape – pruning tips and demonstration. Meetings start at 7.30 prompt and admission is £2 including refreshments. Visitors are always welcome!
Having failed to find a photo of anything that had been properly and sensibly pruned a hunt through the books on the shelf produced this. Its from a little book with a long title – The Cottager’s Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Gardens: containing Directions for the Management of each Department. Its by J.H. Clark, no date but the cover looks to be about 1880-1890.
Spring is on its way and so are the plant fairs: –
Saturday March 23rd Plant Hunters Fair at Sugnall Walled Garden 10 – 4 £1 free parking
Sunday 24 March 2024 Plant Hunter’s fair at Arley Hall Northwich, Cheshire CW9 6NA Times: 10am – 4pm Admission: NEW FOR 2024: Entry includes full access to the gardens and the plant fair for the special offer reduced price of just £5.00 (Normally £12.00). Children under 16 free.
Good Friday 29 March 2024 Plant Hunter’s fair at Whittington Castle Near Oswestry SY11 4DF Times: 10am – 4pm Admission: Plant Fair and Castle: Free Entry.
The 2023 International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) competition winners in all the categories are now online. There are some stunning photos – it is well worth a browse, just remember to allow yourself a lot of time. If you are going to be in London in the next few weeks you can see the IGPOTY 17 Launch Exhibition at Kew. February 3 to March 10, 2024 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
But before all this there is one last February Zoom talk from Tender Shoots Garden Club Network (TSGCN) –
Tuesday February 27th at 7.30pm – Francesca Page-Smith will talk about Snowdrops. Full details on the TSGCN website.
Stone Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society 