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CLWB GARDDIO DREFACH FELINDRE

GARDENING CLUB

 

 

2018 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

 

Wednesday, 3rd January

 Plants of Salt Marshes and Sand Dunes

John Archer-Thomson

One of our favourite speakers makes a welcome return

 

 

Wednesday, 7th February

Annual General Meeting and Cake Tasting Competition

 

 

Wednesday, 7th March

Growing your own Vegetables for the Kitchen

Ivor Mace, RHS Speaker

RHS speaker and well known exhibitor - a horticultualist with 40 plus years experience who loves to share his enthusiasm.This talk will be full of information to inspire keen vegetable growers

 

Wednesday, 4th April

Succession in the Garden

Joseph Atkin, Head Gardener, Aberglasney

Joseph will talk on how to create a long season of interest in the garden by using trees, shrubs, bulbs, herbacious perennials and annual/tender ornamentals

 

 

Wednesday, 2nd May 

Pond Building, Management and Planting

Richard Bramley Farmyard Nurseries

A guide to trouble free water gardening. Includes how to build and site a water feature, pitfalls to avoid, and

what to put in and around it

 

 

Saturday, 12th May 

Annual Plant Sale Red Dragon Hall, Drefach Felindre
9.00am till 12.00 noon

 

 

 

Wednesday, 6th June

An Introduction to Forest Gardening

Jake Rayson

Lessons learned from transforming a grass field into a forest garden.   Jake will outline the principles and steps to creating a self-sustaining multi-layered wildlife-friendly forest garden

 

 

 

** PROGRAMME CHANGE**

Wednesday, 4th July

Evening with Cheese and Wine and Floral Art Demonstration

Our very own Pixie Harcourt will be sharing with us her top tips for creating stunning floral displays

 

 

Wednesday, 1st August

Ornamental Grasses

Jennifer Matthews

Moorland Cottage Plants and Gardens gives an insight into these beautiful plants. Jennifer grows around

100 varieties of grasses, rush and sedge

 

 

 

Wednesday, 5th September

The Gardens of Plas Tan y Bwlch Snowdonia

Tony Russell

The BBC garden writer and broadcaster who has led a major restoration of the Plas Tan y Bwlch gardens in the Snowdonia National Park. Discover more about these beautiful gardens

 

 

 

Saturday 8 September Annual Horticultural and Craft Show

for further details, see 2018 Show page

 

 

 

Wednesday, 3rd October - Open Evening

Fascinated by Fungi

Pat O’Reilly MBE

An enthusiastic naturalist with a special interest in fungi for more than 45 years. Will explore the majesty and mystery, facts and fantasy of earth’s quirkiest  kingdom

 

 

 

Wednesday, 7th November

Planting a Rockery Outdoors and Making an Alpine Garden in a Container

Roger Spencer Trefhedyn Garden Centre

Help on how to establish and care for a rockery and how to create an alpine garden in a container

 

 

Wednesday, 28th November

Christmas Buffet and Botanicus Tongtwistii ‘Give Up’: Latin Names, why bother?

Carrie Thomas

Self-confessed plantaholic provides examples, to help us realise we might know more than we think!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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