Talk:
Gardening to delight the senses by Sarah Hopps
Sarah became interested gardening as a child
and now involves her grandchildren. She certainly
delighted all our senses with her entertaining presentation. We were all nodding in agreement as she
reminded us how the garden stimulates all our senses. We see different shapes and colours, we hear
the sound of the wind, water and birdsong, smells evoke other times and places
and we can feel the different textures.
Sarah brought along an array of plants to demonstrate this and showed us
illustrations of gardens both here in the UK and further afield.
Display
Table
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| Carol’s Flower Carpet Pink roses are still flowering, shown here with white chrysanthemums |
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| In Kate’s jug: the delicate Fuchsia Hawkshead, Persicaria amplexicaulis Alba, Callicarpa (bodinieri var. giraldii Profusion living up to its name, Cosmos Purity, Saxifraga Wada and the flower of Heuchera villosa Autumn Bride |
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| Ann brought Autumn Lady's-tresses orchid, Spiranthes spiralis which comes from America |
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| Gill brought Michaelmas Daisies, saxifrage fortunii and Callicarpa |
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| Judith’s blue vase contains isoplexis canariensis, the Canary Islands foxglove. Growing out of the pot is what Judith hopes is a seedling. |
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| This is a cutting of Trevor’s kalanchoe which has grown very large but produced no flowers, yet. We look forward to an update … |
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| Katherine brought a Datura which came from a cutting from fellow member Amanda. On looking it up, I read that the plant is poisonous but tea made from it has hallucinogenic properties! |
Next
meeting: 19th
November: Forum plus Profile of a Plantsperson – our own Kate van Heel
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