by Jenny Lancaster | Nov 13, 2019 | Next Meeting or Event
This month we welcome Suzanne Jones, who studied Garden Design at Bicton College, to advise on how best to achieve the artless look of Prairie planting in your own garden. However small your plot may be you can add graceful grasses and colourful flowers to enhance...
by June Cassidy | Nov 13, 2019 | Previous Meetings
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...
by Val Carne | Sep 28, 2019 | Previous Meetings
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...
by June Cassidy | Aug 16, 2019 | Events
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...
by June Cassidy | Jul 1, 2019 | Previous Meetings
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...
by June Cassidy | Jun 11, 2019 | Previous Meetings
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...
by June Cassidy | May 20, 2019 | Events
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...
by June Cassidy | May 20, 2019 | Events
Take a look at the team of volunteers selling donated and home grown plants at the Strand Centre where record takings for the society were raised on Saturday May 18th. Well Done to everyone involved. Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to...
by June Cassidy | May 4, 2019 | Previous Meetings
The speaker at the April meeting of Dawlish Garden Society was Lori Reich of Shute Fruit Farm with her talk entitled “Strawberries and Cream Teas”. American by birth but Devonian by choice, she talked as she demonstrated her jam making skills whilst...
by June Cassidy | May 3, 2019 | Previous Meetings
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