June 2020 Newsletter by Suzanne
Dawlish Garden Society Newsletter June 2020 News The society is still planning to hold a summer plant sale on The Strand, we would like to arrange it on a day when there are other events in the town, when we have a date we will let everyone know. Our next scheduled...
May 2020 Newsletter by Suzanne
Dawlish Garden Society Newsletter May 2020 News and Announcements Regrettably the Summer Show and plant sale have had to be cancelled. However, don’t stop planting up young plants and bringing on prize specimens as we hope to hold an autumn show and plant sale if...
CANCELLED – Spring Flower Show + Send a Cow. 26/3/20
As The Manor House has closed its doors for the next few weeks, sadly we have had to cancel our next two events - on 26 March (Spring Flower Show) and 30 April (Lukesland Gardens). We will monitor events as they unfold and decide whether we can go ahead with the...
Snowdrops & Cyclamen in the Wild & the Garden. 27/2/20
“Snowdrops are fashionable again”, Jo Hynes stated, as she started her talk at the Manor House. Her garden at Higher Cherubeer, near Winkley, North Devon opens regularly for charity in the “Yellow Book” within the National Gardens Scheme (NGS). She became their...
Bring & Share Supper and AGM + Dawlish in Bloom. 30/1/20
Remembering that the AGM of 2019 had to be abandoned because of a heavy snow fall - the Chairman, June Cassidy, welcomed loyal and new members to the January meeting and AGM in complete contrast - very mild weather indeed. Reports were given from the Treasurer, Dick...
Prairie Style Planting For Your Garden, Suzanne Jones, 28/11/19
Welcoming members and visitors to the Manor, the Chairman introduced Suzanne Jones as the speaker for the evening with her subject of “ Prairie Style Planting for your Garden”. Suzanne is involved with various societies and groups in Dawlish and has studied Garden...
My Time as RHS Chelsea Show Manager, Saul Walker 31/10/19
As the rain lashed down on Halloween, Dawlish Garden Society was in for a treat without any tricks. The invited speaker was Saul Walker who is Head Gardener at Stonelands, a local Dawlish manor house. We can also hear Saul on the Sunday morning, BBC Radio Devon...
Food for Free by Becca Flintham, 26/9/19
They say there is no such thing as a free lunch, but the September meeting of the Dawlish Garden Society discovered that this would be possible by making the most of natures bounty. Our speaker, Becca Flintham from Escot fired our enthusiasm to see hedgerow and...
Dawlish Flower, Produce & Crafts Show 10/8/19
Dawlish was treated to a spectacular Flower, Produce and Crafts Show on Saturday in the Strand Centre. The entries are growing in number and the quality just keeps getting better each year. It's encouraging to see more children entering their creative work across all...
Flower Arranging for a Show, Carole Carter. 27/6/19
Following feedback from the Flower, Produce and Craft Show last year, Carole Carter was requested to speak to the members on how to prepare their floral exhibits for the show this year. She judged a highly scented Sweet Pea brought by Dave Chattock as flower of the...
The Garden at Feebers Cottage, Edna & Mike Squires. 30/5/19
May has been a busy month for gardeners in Dawlish, members have enjoyed the Foraging Walk, Toby's garden festival, two visits to local NGS garden Stonelands, Devon County Show and Luscombe Castle Gardens. To top it all the recent Spring Plant Sale raised a record...
Visit to Stonelands Garden
On a blustery day in May the Society made 2 visits (AM and PM) to Stonelands - a local private garden which opens as part of the National Gardens Scheme. Saul Walker the Head Gardener showed us the progress being made around the estate and the workload of the small...