Page 62 • The HERALD • 6th August 2026 v THE HERALD - Your Community Magazine v DOWN THE GARDEN PATH • 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 Fred Hurst 023 8084 2191 or 07761 467217 • Grass Cutting • Garden Clearance • Hedge Cutting • Fallen Trees Cleared • Mini Digger Hire with Operator • Property Clearance • Small Demolition • Tractor Flail Cutting FULLY INSURED v FREE QUOTATIONS “AS IF BY MAGIC” WITH CAROLE STABLES by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club 2nd July we gathered in anticipation for Carole Stables’ demonstration, wondering what would “come out of the hat” in a ower demonstration! Congratulations were given to Lesley for achieving rst at the e Area Show, in Romsey and “People’s Choice” – the people agreed with the judges! some around orchid tubes in the centre. e orchid tubes were arranged at random heights centrally and tall grasses owed up and out of the middle. An elegant e ect amongst the wildness of the dried grasses was achieved with Russian sage (purple owers, silver foliage), yellow daisy aster, yellow achillea, purple clematis and lush green crocosmia leaves. Dried material can be used instead. Next came Carole’s magical moment of an Carole explained that when life is mundane or disappointing, as if by magic a moment comes along that is truly magical! We should relish these and she demonstrated some of her magical moments. Carole’s started with a memory of being invited to the King’s Coronation “Party in the Park” at the Great Windsor Park. She used a long thin trough containing oral foam. Into that was placed apple mint, in ower, pittosporum, rosemary, rubus tricolour and alchemilla mollis frothing over the edges. Flowers added were dainty oxypetalum, blue owers with silver leaf, callistephus (aster) - daisy like sunshineyellow owers and purple clematis. e e ect was of a country picnic. Gorgeous! Next was a moment of tropical sunshine when life seemed dark. Carole described her daughter’s delight in buying a converted chapel which revealed problems, and a magical moment when they discovered large bamboo pots within the beautiful, sunny courtyard, making a bamboo copse. Carole transformed a basic round container of renewable oral foam into a sunny, tropical arrangement by using bright yellow achillea moonshine owers for drops of sunshine and foliage including cat palm, aspidistra leaves, hardy palm, fatsia, spotted laurel, choisya sundance and complimented by small, lime green chrysanthemum blooms. A truly magical tropical feast for the eyes, the bright yellow achillea li ing the foliage and di erent shades of lush green. Her next magical moment was her “Marmite” moment, which was loved by some and de nitely not by others! Carole made a tall structure on a stand from dried grasses, wheat, barley and other natural materials and curled invitation to Strictly Come Dancing! On a trip to “Fleur and More” in Belgium she purchased a very large pink rattan wreath tube. To re-create the dancers’ skirts, Carole pinned net posies of a palm leaf and large pink hydrangea head around the wreath. To nish the magical memory, she added a large glitter ball to the centre - spectacular! Carole’s nal magical moment arrangement signi ed her rst wedding owers she did for a customer, who wanted red and white owers. She couldn’t bring herself to do them because of superstition, so she suggested adding pink, which was received with joy and she has enjoyed that colour combination ever since. Renewable foam was used in an upturned bowler hat and lled with pittosporum, rosemary, dracaena leaves, pink hypericum berries, sweet williams, red naomi roses and two-tone pink bouvardia owers. e bowler hat re ected a more sober magical moment when Carole used her oristry, people skills during the pandemic, assisting an overwhelmed funeral director. She felt very honoured to be able to help out in this way. During refreshments we agreed we should remember and relish these magical moments that come to us when we are least expecting them. en came an exciting ra e and Carole kindly made extras, so many of us went home with gorgeous arrangements for the weekend! Next meetings: No meeting in August, 3rd September: Members Garden Party, 1st October: Tales From the Cutting Garden by Katie Baxter, 10th October: Autumn Workshop and 27th October: Swish Party. For more information contact Debbie orne on: 07769 830752. Carole Stables Beaulieu and District Gardening Club On Saturday 5th September Beaulieu and District Gardening Club will be holding their Autumn Show at East Boldre Village Hall. Bring your exhibits to the hall between 9.30am and 11.15am. Judging from 11.30am. Show opens at 2.15pm and awards at 3.45pm. Visitors to talks always welcome £4. Club membership is £12 per annum, for details contact Lynne Hubbard: 01590 612408.
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