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| Cathy (right) and Georgina |
Cathy Kitchingman and business partner Georgina Bordewich gave a presentation on gardening in a changing climate which gave us all food for thought. Friday Forum visited Cathy’s beautiful garden, Prospect House in Burton Leonard, last year but they are making changes in view of the wetter winters and hotter summers we are experiencing.
Cathy and Georgina gave us many tips and planting ideas on how to build in resistance and adapt to cope with the changes for our consideration.
If you would like to visit Prospect House, the NGS open day for 2026 is on May 24th. They also run workshops
Display Table
Judith brought this pot of Nerines which have been more successful than growing them in the ground, although exposing the top of the bulbs may help
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| Derek brought some home grown chillis. “Viper” had no bite at all but the Scotch Bonnets were the real thing! |
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| Judith also brought this yellow rose “Buff Beauty” |
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| Kate brought a yellow Dahlia “Bishop’s Children” grown from seed, Symphotochum “Prairie Purple”, Salvia Amistad, Helianthus “Lemon Queen”, Erysimum “Bowles Mauve” and Caratostigma willmottianum |
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| Sue brought Asters: Barrs Pink, Samoa, Monch, Alma Potschke and unknown purple and white ones, Persicaria amplexicaulis “Black Field” and “Orange Field”, Bidens aurea, Penstemon “King George” and “Wedding Day”, Nerine bowdenii, Hesperanthus coccinea huttonii baurii, Helenium “Sahin’s Early Flowerer”, Catananche and Fuchsias “Genii” and “Delta’s Sarah” |
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| Amanda brought a pot of Salvias: Wendy’s Wish, Black and Blue with its green foliage, Nachtwinder, Devon Cream and Cera Potosi. |
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Next Meetings:
7th November: Forum -Celebrating the poppy. Please bring anything relating to the poppy; art work, poetry etc. Member Ann Bell will talk on the medicinal uses of the poppy.
21st November: Presentation -Ben Preston (Cliff Bank Nursery). A New Chapter
5th December: Forum - Making table decorations for Christmas
19th December: Christmas party Quiz and food. Crafts demonstration by Peter Blackwell
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