At
this meeting of the Friday Forum, members discussed a range of topics:
·
What’s
in the garden on New Year’s day – a surprising
number of plants.
·
Plants
received as Christmas presents and what to do with them plus whether or not to
cut off the leaves of hellebores.
·
Jill
showed us that Summer and Winter clematis were flowering together in her garden
·
Ann
had spotted lily beetle and a green caterpillar had been found curled in a leaf
on an upstairs balcony. We all agreed
that squirrels were a nuisance and we were told of an Australian gardener who
used TCP on branches to deter possums and
considered if this could work on squirrels.
Gardening
resolutions for 2014
Members
were asked about their New Year gardening resolutions and it was felt that they
could apply to the majority of us:
Plant
to attract more bees and butterflies, find a better species of aster, remember
to feed, plant out from pots more quickly, continue to eradicate convolvulus,
label plants, stake plants before they topple over, Chelsea chop and above all
BE MORE RUTHLESS and Pat Clarke was cited as being ruthless to create her
wonderful garden at Mews Cottage, Harrogate.
What
items have put on your list for 2014?
Quiz
Here
is a link for a Quiz on well–known Gardens from the Telegraph, on which I
scored only 50%.
Cover the country in yellow
RHS and Welcome to Yorkshire are going
to encourage people to grow sunflowers and other yellow plants to celebrate the
Tour de France next July. Friday Forum
is addressing this in the7th February
meeting but you can get some ideas from this link http://letour.yorkshire.com/documents/tdf/rhs/RHSTurningYorkshireYellow.pdf
Notice
Board
Sadly
Doreen Brown passed away in December.
Doreen was a founder member of the group and a keen photographer.
Clare
Beard who spoke to the Forum in December on Lineham Farm thanked us for the
donations received from her visit.
Margaret
sold off some lovely pieces of costume jewellery, the proceeds from which were
donated to Friday Forum funds.
Dates for your diary
Friends
of Paxton are meeting Monday 6th January from Midday. An hour or two or your time to help maintain
the premises are always welcome.
Next
Friday Forum Meeting: A talk by Brian
Denison entitled My Garden; its history
and plants
We
have an exciting programme of garden visits for this year; more details will
follow.
16
May: Beacon Hill House at Langbar near
Ilkley
20
June: Horticap
nr Harlow Carr with its garden, nursery and tea room
18
July: Day trip to Rewela Cottage,
Skewsby YO61 4SG, lunch at Helmsley then Terrington House with its famous summerhouse
decorated with shells.
15
August : Greencroft, Littlethorpe , near
Ripon.
Annual
Membership Fees for 2014 of £11.00 are now due
The Friday Forum meets on the 1st and 3rd Fridays
of each month at 1.30pm at the Paxton Hall.
Paxton Horticultural Society is located at 186, Kirkstall Lane, Leeds
LS5 2AB. The meetings are split between
hands-on sessions, guest speakers and garden visits. A regular feature is the
"Plant Table" where members are invited to bring their plants for
discussion and advice. Another feature
is the "Sales Table where members bring plants and cuttings and produce
they have grown to sell at a small cost to help the club funds. For further information,
please use the comments box or log on to https://sites.google.com/site/paxtonhorticulturalsocietycouk/Home
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