v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v 24th October 2024 • The HERALD • Page 61 ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ RYAN FENCING Quality Fencing & Gates 07769 706516 • 023 8084 1203 www.ryan-fencing.co.uk • Find us on Facebook A J GLEESON BUILDING & GROUNDWORK DRIVEWAYS EXTENSIONS BRICKWORK GROUNDWORK BLOCK PAVING Colours & Designs to suit your requirements Local Work Available to View CALL FOR A FREE QUOTATION New Forest & Southampton 023 8084 4180 Mobile: 07770 771475 Bramdene, Main Road, Dibden, Southampton • HEDGE CUTTING • FENCING • PATIOS • TURFING • GARDEN CLEARANCES & MORE For a FREE quotation please call 023 8122 4550 or 07548 355262 AUTUMN LEAF GARDEN WORKS Beaulieu Horticultural Society e Beaulieu Horticultural Society autumn programme began with a very interesting guided visit to Everton Garden Centre and Plant Nursery. Members were welcomed by owner Toby Collyer who explained that the nursery has been in the same family ownership since 1922 and is still run by family members. It has expanded at the same location from the original 4 acres to 25 acres today. Originally established as a nursery growing plants suitable for local conditions, it still propagates 3/4 of its hardy plant stock on site. e garden centre was fully established in 1985. Camellias Co ee Shop and Restaurant opened in 1985 following a substantial re- t and expansion. Today it employs approximately 50 people on the site, including 13 horticulturists who work exclusively on the nursery. e group was given a real insight into the many aspects and processes of plant production undertaken on the site, beginning in the glasshouses where the rst stage of the propagation takes place, under carefully controlled heating and watering systems. ree full-time people are employed in the propagation by seed, cuttings or division of a huge variety of annuals, perennials, shrubs, fruits and trees, with camellias a specialty. Once rooted, plants are moved on to other selected areas for growing on. As virtually all the plants sold in the plant centre are grown on site, they are especially suited to local conditions, which is a signi cant advantage when considering the purchase of a garden plant. e site is inspected regularly for disease detection. Stock is also supplied to other nurseries, garden centres and landscape contractors. During the extensive tour of the nursery site, the owner and his sta were able to discuss various gardening and environmental issues, such as the need to phase out the use of peat, the value of plant passports to contain the threat of disease and pests, recycling and the carbon footprint etc. e tour concluded socially with tea and cakes in Camellias cafe with everyone agreeing that it had been a very worthwhile and enjoyable visit. For the September meeting, Gillian Taylor gave an illustrated talk entitled “For the love of roses”. It was a very personal account as, a er retiring as a vet, she developed a passion for roses, growing a huge variety in her gardens in Hampshire and France. She illustrated the many di erent types of roses we can grow in this country, commenting on their shape, colour, scent and suitability for di erent garden situations. She recommended rose breeders such as Kordes, a German grower who produces very resilient varieties and Pococks which grow good varieties on view at their nursery at Amp eld, near Romsey. We were reminded that Mottisfont, e Manor House at Upton Grey, both in Hampshire, Fonthill House in Wiltshire, and Loseley Park, Surrey all have lovely rose gardens which would be very enjoyable to visit in the summer. Gillian brought along her favourite and most useful garden tools, some of which were Japanese and not so familiar to the audience. She recommended using Uncle Tom’s foliar feed and mulches to stimulate growth and deter disease. We were advised to look for the Gold Standard label which indicates the garden worthiness of a plant. Gillian’s enthusiasm for her subject and beautiful photos of roses transported the audience to memories of sunny summer days amidst fragrant and beautiful owers or perhaps the hope of such to come! Gillian very generously donated her fee for the talk to the charity Perennial, previously known as e Gardeners’ Royal Benevolent Society which is dedicated to building better futures for people in horticulture (“anyone touching green”) and their families. e Annual General Meeting (with refreshments) will be held on Thursday 7th November, 6.30pm in Beaulieu Village Hall. Membership is £10pa. Visitors are welcome to talks (£2) details are available from Lynne Hubbard: 01590 612408. Pruning – Don’t be scared! Woodlands Gardening Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings start at 7.30pm at Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh. eir next meeting takes place on Tuesday 12th November for a talk by Philip Je s titled ‘Pruning – Don’t be scared!’, followed on Tuesday 10th December for their Christmas Party. Visitors are very welcome at £2.50; for more information about the club, call Susanna on: 023 8029 2953. Unusual Perennials Bartley Horticultural Society’s next meeting is on Thursday 21st November for a talk by Bryan Madders titled ‘Unusual Perennials’. Meetings take place on the third Thursday of the month at Copythorne Parish Hall, Pollards Moor Road, Copythorne SO40 2NW at 7.30pm. New members and visitors are always welcome. Visitor’s fee applies. For more information you can write to them at: Mavis Cottage, Pollards Moor Road, Copythorne, SO40 2NZ, call: 07789 352505 or visit their website: www. bartleyhs.org.uk
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