Lavant Horticultural Society,
Chichester
OCTOBER MEETING
IWednesdayI9th October
Why Do Foxgloves
HaveI No Smell?
IAlan
EdmondsonI
IAlan'sIvery
informative talk, covered the reasons why some flowers have
fragrance (or not): basically
flowers
use
fragrance to ensure
they are pollinated, to produce
seed needed for reproduction, the plant's overriding
objective.
Foxgloves attract bumble bees with the shapeI
&
colour of their flowers without
needing smell.
Alan'sIused his background
in chemistry to
explain how fragrance is produced. His
very good
presentation was
complemented by excellent visuals.
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DECEMBER MEETING
WednesdayI11th December
7.30 pm,I Lavant Memorial
Hall
IFuchsiasI
Derek
Dexter
Derek has adapted hisIback garden to produce prize winning plants, competing successfully with the "big boys" of large shows who have more land and glasshouses much larger than his. He will be telling us his story.
GARDEN VISIT 2019
Wednesday 3rd
July
The Savill Garden
The weather was exceptionally good when
some 50 members and guests visited these
35 acres of gardens set in Windsor Great Park
The Golden Jubilee Garden was magnificent, with large swathes of planting in harmoneous colours. The herbaceous borders also made a tremendous impact.
There were many other areas of the gardensIto explore. A really worthwhile day out
SEPTEMBER MEETING
IA Sub-tropical GardenI
in Fareham
IJayne
McBrideI
Jayne gave an inspired talk on her garden with its 4 climatic zones packed full of exotic looking plants, many from New Zealand and Australia; it is amazing that a garden of its size can contain quite so much; the dense planting certainly helps convey the sub-tropical feel. She is always fine-tuning plant combinations in the different "climatic zones" to give the best effect.
HerIknowledge and
passion have clearly been accompanied by a great deal of hard
work.
The results are truly remarkable.
JUNE MEETING
ISteps to Make yourI
Garden Less Work
XRoger HironsX
IRoger's depth of knowledge and engagingI presentation was again impressive.
IHe illustrated his talk not with slides, but byI showing the actual plants, a vast range of
them, and circulating large photos, with the
plant names helpfully written on the back.
IHe stressed that the most important thing isI
to decide what we want from our garden, reducing our input to what we enjoy or find therapeutic and reducing chores by getting
help for the heavy work.
IMulching should be used as a way of ...I
LAVANT VILLAGE
FETE
Saturday
15th
June
The Plant Stall, run by LHS, was overflowing with
more plants than ever before - a great variety with lots of colour.
In spite of the rain, gradually the
visitorsIcame and
the sales built up; in the end we even surpassed last year's record sales
figure.
Many thanks to all who donated
plants,Iand
particularly for the help of Mick Bleach of
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APRIL
MEETING
How to Make a Winning FlowerIArrangement
XLyn
ConstableX
Lyn has judged the flower arrangement section of our Annual Show for the past few years, writing comments and advice for every entry, not just the prize winners.
With a combination of information, demonstrations
and discussion, she was able to convey her knowledge and
enthusiasm for flower arranging.
She stressed the creative use of colour, texture andX
form, rather than adherance to any set formats, and encouraged
everyone to try, particularly men - in fact many of the very best
flower arrangers are men!
MARCH
MEETING
The Secret History of Vegetables
MartynICox
Martyn gave an interesting and entertaining review
of the history of a wide
range of vegetables, from the garlic that has been cultivated for
millennia to a Belgian farmer's chance discovery
in the 19th Century
of chicons growing from the animal fodder
chicory stored in a dark barn.
Onions had
been cultivated long before the
I
Egyptians showed their high esteem by placing
them in the mouths and eye-sockets of mummies.
Egyptomania helped Victorian charlatans sell I "mummypeas", supposedly from peas found in tombs, which in fact could never have germinated.
Martyn recommended beetroot
'Chioggia'
I
with its red & white concentric circles,Xand the
best basil for pesto, from pesto's home region
of Liguria,I'Tigullio'
ANNUAL PLANT SALE
Sunday 12th May
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enlarge
As soon as the doors opened visitors poured into the Hall and it remained very busy throughout the afternoon; there was plenty of interest in the wide variety of plants
on offer, as plant sales exceeded all previous levels.
The refreshments were also very
popular,Iwith
many clearly enjoying the home-made scones and
cakes.
A very successful &
enjoyable afternoon -Iwe
hope that the plants purchased will continue to give
pleasure.
Many
thanks to all those who donated plants andIto our partner for
this event, East Ashling Nurseries.
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talks and events, please go to the
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