Page 60 • The HERALD • 22nd August 2024 v INDEPENDENT, LOCAL AND PROUD v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ FIRST CALL PAVING, DRIVEWAY AND LANDSCAPE SPECIALISTS Established 1999 OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: H Driveways of any sort H Bespoke Patios (Concrete/Sandstone/Porcelain) H Block Paving H Fencing/Fencing Repairs H Stump Grinding H Tree & Hedge Topping, Shaping/Removal H Pressure Washing & Gutter Cleaning H Garden Clearance H Small Demolition H Waste Clearance • No Upfront Payment • Card Payments Accepted • Fully Licensed and Insured (£5m) Waste License No: CBDU 258239 Office: 023 8122 4048 Mobile: 07502 093081 www.firstcallpavingspecialists.co.uk info@firstcallpavingspecialists.co.uk Telephone Richard 023 8084 9637 | Grass Cutting | Edges Trimmed | Hedge Trimming | PRESSURE WASHING OF DECKS, PATIOS & DRIVES | FENCE & SHEDS PAINTED QuickSmart Garden Services Professional & Reliable • All types of trees expertly felled, topped & pruned • Stump Grinding • Hedges pruned & trimmed • Lawns Laid • Fencing & garden work • Rubbish Clearance • Patios & drives jet-washed • Patios & Drives resurfaced or replaced Registerd Waste Carrier Licence CBDU374716 H Fully Insured H Evening: 01794 522092 Daytime Mobile: 07511 863693 Email: treefellers@gmx.com Bring and Do at Flower Club! by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club e heatwave hit hard and many members felt unable to venture out and enjoy our in house ower class. e Bartley Village Show schedule was the inspiration for creations and the favourite categories were ‘Let’s Rock & Roll’ and ‘Garden Harvest’. Other categories being ‘Hand Tied Posy for the Bride’, ‘Time of Re ection’, ‘And the Colour is…’ and ‘A Basket to Bring a Smile’. I shall be entering ‘Hand Tied Posy For e Bride’, my theme will be wedding on a budget. I have grown the owers from seed and collected foliage from my garden. My foliage includes bay leaves, rosemary, olive and eucalyptus; owers include cosmos - multi coloured, corn owers, sweet peas, lupin, scentless mayweed, raspberry coloured persicaria. e ‘Garden Harvest’ category was home grown produce, mainly foliage, only ower buds with no petal colour could be used. Exhibits included a variety of foliage giving di erent shades, colours, textures, leaf sizes etc, dried grasses and seed heads, blackberries on the stem (proudly the rst ripe ones seen!), chillies, cherry tomatoes, herbs, eucalyptus. ‘Let’s Rock and Roll’ included bold coloured flowers: gladioli, carnations, alstroemerias, with minimal lime green foliage and manipulated phormium leaves into rolls. Very fancy and “rock & roll”! Other members came to watch and learn and enjoy a catch up over a cuppa. It was a lovely, cool evening with all the doors open, heavenly scents and good chatter. Lin had created a wonderful raffle, as always, themed as food and drink. Plenty of creative ideas were won with an additional treat! Our next meetings are: 5th September: Demonstration by Mel Smith - Pretty as a Picture and 3rd October: Bring & Do - Autumn Designs. All are welcome, visitors £6 per meeting, Membership Fee £43 per annum (11 meetings per year). For more information contact Debbie orne on: 07769 830752.
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