14 Mar 24 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all well, and that despite the weather you are looking forward to better days ahead in the garden.

Our next gardening related talk is with Paul and Liz O'Neill on Wednesday the 27th of March and at 7pm at Llanteg Village Hall, if you are not a Club member then the charge is £3 per person and this includes a hot drink and a few biscuits.

Our last gardening talk of this period is on May the 1st at 7pm at Llanteg Village Hall, the speaker will be our own Trish Cormack, and I will let you know about the subject matter nearer the date.

We will be giving you an update on the up and coming  spring/summer garden visits and planned talks for the Autumn/Winter as soon as is practicable, so please stay in touch.

Garden Club Talk 27 March 24

 

Garden Cub Talk 3rd January 2024

 The next Gardening Club talk is on Wednesday the 3rd of January at 7pm in the Village Hall, when the speaker will be our own Bryony Gardner, the talk is related to her Phd work around Hydroponics and Plant Science.

If you're not a member of the Gardening Club then the entry fee is £3 per person, and if you wish to become a Club member then the annual fee is £15 per person, so please come along to what I'm sure will be an interesting talk for us all.

Garden Club Formed 2023

 Last month we held our Gardening Group Annual General Meeting {AGM}, and if you weren't already aware, we have now formed Llanteg & District Gardening Club {LDGC}, all of which is a big step forward.

We now have a committee and elected Chair - Vice Chair - Secretary - Treasurer, and as for the Club constitution, it is in the process of being finalised and when it's signed off then I will let you know.

At a subsequent Club meeting, we decided to charge an annual membership fee of £15 per person and this will be due on December the 1st, although if anyone doesn't wish to join LDGC then the charge for each talk would be £3 per person, so don't forget you are all welcome.

So the advantages of being a Club member is that you pay £15 for at least six winter talks, rather than £18 for six or more talks, also being a Club member allows us to buy plants/seeds/compost etc in bulk and at whatever discount we can negotiate.

Our next gardening talk is on Wednesday the 29th of November and at 7pm at the Village Hall, and is with Matthew Tebbutt from Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. The subject of Matt's talk is about Invasive Species & their Venom/Poison and Medical Benefits, and there will be tea/coffee at the end of the evening.

If you wish to pay your annual membership on the night, then we will provide you with a receipt and there will be no further charge, if you don't wish to become a Club member, then the charge will be £3 per person.

We also have a talk on Wednesday the 6th of December when the speaker will be Joseph Atkin who was Head Gardener at Aberglasney for a number of years.

there is also a Winter Fair at Aberglasney which is being held on December 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, if you've not been before then Aberglasney is well worth a visit and will help raise our Christmas spirit.

Kind regards,

Roy

First AGM

 

9 Aug 2023 Update

 Good morning everyone,

Hope all's well with you and your families, and that you're enjoying your gardens despite the Pembrokeshire Summer weather?

Firstly, can I remind you all that Llanteg Summer Show and Fun Day is on Saturday the 12th of August and is being held at Llanteglos Field SA67 8PU, starting at 1pm.
Moreover, It's not too late to submit any show entries, and don't forget you don't have to be a resident in the community to submit an entry.
Please forward your entries to sue01.meg@gmail.com by Thursday the 10th of August, we would particularly like to have more children's entries, but to be honest all entries are welcome.

We, the Gardening Group are purchasing £100 worth of spring bulbs,( this will come from the Garden groups existing funds ) and will be in memory of Malachi Bailey. Tom, Theri and Hannah will be planting these around the village in the autumn. .

8th June 2023 update

 Good evening everyone,

I hope all’s well with you all, and you're enjoying the fine weather.

Many thanks to Mike and Carolyn for opening up their garden at Ruel Wall last Saturday the 3rd of June.

Mike has confirmed that £300 was raised for Cancer Research, see message below in bold. Which is a great amount for such a deserving organisation, and from a generous community.

The lady at Cancer research sent a thank you letter and asked if we had any photo's to share of the event.

We didn't take any, so could you send out an email asking everyone else if they took any and are willing to share them please.

Thanks

Mike

Finally our next garden visit is to Norchard Manorbier on Sunday the 11th of June, and from 12 to 5pm, if you've not been here before, then it's well worth a visit.

This is an NGS open garden day, so if you would like to book ticket tickets, then see: https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/25634/norchard

If last year's visit is anything to go by, then I expect that refreshments will be available.

  

Norchard the Ridgeway, Manorbier, Tenby, Pembrokeshire SA70 8LD

Kind regards, 

Roy 

19 May 2023 update

 Good evening everyone,

Hope you are enjoying the warmer weather, and are all getting busy in your gardens with the weeding and planting.

Thanks so much to those who came along to our visit to the NGS open garden at Ty'r Maes Farmers last Sunday, this was a very interesting woodland garden which just kept on giving ideas.

The next garden visit will be to Clyne Gardens on Sunday the 28th of May and I will send a reminder out nearer the time, but there is a conducted walk included, and the entry price is £3/per person.

SUMMER SHOW

On Saturday the 12th of August our second Summer Show will be held at Llanteglos field, last year's event was really well supported and the quality of the entries was outstanding. So please get busy with your show entries, and please encourage others to take part, we especially need more children's entries.

This year's Show will include a fun day, more information to follow.

With regard to the Show, please see further information and entry forms below.

23 march 2023 update

 Good evening everyone,

Hope all’s well with you and your family, and that you're looking forward to warmer and lighter days ahead.

Talks

Our next and final gardening talk of the winter is on Wednesday the 29th of March and at 7pm at LVH.
The speakers will be Carole and Peter Whittaker and the subject will be "Behind the Scenes at the RHS Shows" The charge will be £3 per person and there will be light refreshments.

Garden Visits
Below are the dates for our up and coming garden visits, the entry times are 2pm and finishes at around 5pm.

If you wish to attend and you would like refreshments, then please let me know? 

Most of the visits are NGS open gardens. With some of these gardens you can book tickets in advance, so please please go to the NGS website for more information. 

Llwyngarreg Llanfallteg on the 8th of April.

Gelli Uchaf Llandeilo SA19 7PY on the 22nd of April.

Tyr Maes Ffarmers Carmarthenshire SA19 8JP on the 14^th of May.

Norchard Manorbier Tenby SA70 8LD on the 11^th of June.

Shoals Hook Farm SA61 2XN Haverfordwest on the 9^th of July.

Treffgarne Hall Haverfordwest SA62 5PJ on the 6^th of August.

The Grange Manorbier Tenby SA70 7TY on the 10^th of September.

Other Matters:

St Clears gardening club have invited us to a talk on Monday April 17th at the Scouts Hall, Station road, St Clears at 7.30pm.
The guest speaker will be Gareth Davies and his talk is entitled “The Magic of Roses". Please get in touch if you're coming along, we can car share if practicable.

On the 29rd of April Narberth BIG Plant Sale takes place on the Town Moor car park. See screenshot below. 

In early May, we will be holding our own plant sharing event, more details to follow regarding the date and venue.

See video from Julian at Gelli Uchaf regarding planting snowdrop seedlings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1SSe3adOzE&t=3s

There will be an update on the allotments front soon, but in the meantime if you're interested in an allotment, then please contact Katherine who is the Clerk to Amroth Community Council to get onto the list. Katherine's email is Amrothclerk@outlook.com.

Kind regards,


Roy

9 March 2023 Update

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all well, staying warm and looking forward to the brighter days ahead.

With regard to our planned visit to Gelli Uchaf next Sunday the 12th of March, this visit is now cancelled due to the weather conditions forecasted for the next few days.

We will replan the visit to a later date, but with the possibility of snow on high ground and temperatures approaching freezing conditions over the weekend, then it's better to be safe than sorry.

On a different subject; If anyone is interested in having an allotment in the area, then please email Kathryn Bradbury who is the Clerk to Amroth Community Council (Amrothclerk@outlook.com), who will then put you on the list.

Finally, we have a list of gardens to visit in the coming months, and we will get that information out to you soon.

If you've any suggestions for gardening talks in the future, then please let us know.

Kind regards,

Roy

3 Jan 2023 Update

 Hi everyone,

I hope you are well and had a happy and enjoyable time over the festive period, and with the shortest day behind us your looking forward brighter days and times ahead.

Our next Gardening Group talk is with Bryony Gardener this Wednesday the 4th of January and at 7pm at the village hall, the cost of entry will be £3 per person and we will have light refreshments at the end of the evening, so please come along.

The subject of the talk relates to plant science and Bryony's research undertaken at University, and if last year's talk on Hydroponics is anything to go by, then it will be an interesting and thought provoking talk.

So please come along, even if you've never been to a talk before, you are welcome.

Happy New Year to you all.

Kind regards,

Roy

24 Dec 2022 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all well, and looking forward to meeting up with your families over the holiday. 

So sorry for not getting back to you all sooner, but life can be busy at times.

Thank you all for your support over the last year, and hope you're all fit and well for gardening in 2023.

Thanks to everyone who came along to our talk with Piers Lunt, and thanks to Piers for an informative and encouraging talk. 

As thanks for the talk, we have made a donation of £40 to the Tywi Gateway project.

Our next Gardening Group talk will be on Wednesday the 4th of January, and with Bryony Gardener.

More information to follow next week.

Merry Christmas,
Roy & Sue

15 Nov 2022 Update

 Good morning everyone, 

Firstly, many thanks to all who came along to Rachel Barber's talk (Eithinduon - unexpected treasure trove of Biodiversity. 

This was a very interesting and thought provoking talk about Rachel experiences and observations whilst developing habitats at Eithinduon.

Thanks so much to Rachel for doing this for us and without charging us, and at Rachel's request, we will be making a donation to a local Hedgehog charity as a way of thanking Rachel. 

With regard to Matthew Tebbutt's talk about invasive species, there is some feedback below from Matt. 

I did suggest that a survey of waterways and wetlands in our community area may be of benefit to Matt and PCNP.

So, please see the response below from Matt, including a powerpoint document containing the links used in the presentation. 

However, subsequent to this, I did mention to Kevin Caley that the survey work would best fit Llanteg and Amroth Renaturing Community (LARC) objectives.

Obviously landowner permission would be required, and volunteers. 

So I'm passing this task along to Kevin and the LARC group, since their objectives are more aligned to this.

Kind regards, 

Roy

If you no longer wish to receive these emails, then please get in touch with me.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Matthew Tebbutt 

Hi Roy

Please find attached PowerPoint with refs and links used in the presentation.

 

What can our community do to manage Himalayan Balsam and Japanese Knotweed? that would be great

 

In the short term, Survey for the target species and submit records to me

Grid Reference Finder

Next week I will create a catchment map for Amroth/Llanteg and pass on to you what records we have so far for balsam and knotweed.

In the medium term, once we have a better understanding of extent and source areas of balsam we could look to gain some permissions for community led control, the project will assist in permissions, strategy and if I have budget maybe a contractor.

If that’s something the community is interested in? For the Stitch project to fund work outside the project catchments we need to ensure any effort is focused on strategic areas and a commitment from the community to the lead in control and monitoring. I will also need to justify any resource/effort in a catchment context so records and mapping is a key start.

You members are welcome to join me on work parties at other sites such as in Castlemartin corse next season.

On the night of the talk I spoke to 2 ladies, one regarding Montbrecia in a woodland (Hean estate) near Sardis, and another on Himalayan balsam in Amroth/Llanteg. Could you ask them to get in touch, no rush. Sorry I forgot their names.

There may be grants out there (external, not Stitch in time/National Park) to assist communities in biodiversity projects which may include INNS work. I will keep an ear out.

I will get in touch towards the end of next week.

Cheers

Mat

29 Oct 2022 update

 Good evening everyone,

I hope you are all in good health, and stayed indoors on a wet and windy Autumnal day.

On a positive front, don't forget the clocks go back an hour overnight, so an extra hour in bed!

 

Many thanks to those who came along to a very interesting and thought provoking talk on invasive plant species, given by Matthew Tebbutt from Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

When it comes to Himalayan Balsam and Japanese Knotweed, then a survey of the waterways and wetlands in our community wouldn't go amiss.

What do you think?

 

Our next talk is with Rachel Barber from Carmarthenshire Meadow Group, and on the 9th of November at 7pm at LVH. Please come along, the cost as usual is £3 per person and this includes light refreshments.

I will remind you nearer the date, and let you know the title of Rachel's talk at the same time.

 

Finally I've not forgotten, but I will prepare a draft constitution for our gardening group for discussion soon.

 

Kind regards, 

Roy

Garden Group Talks Winter 2022

 

Gardening Group Talks

As far as gardening group talks at Llanteg village hall during the coming months, then these are the dates and speakers we have booked, all at 7pm unless otherwise mentioned, we will have tea and light refreshments and a room raffle. There will be a reminder email a week before each of the dates, please come along if practicable.

The cost of gardening talks can be quite frightening, we recently made an inquiry and was very surprised to find that an hour long talk which didn't include travelling expenses would cost £1,000, some thankfully charge around £100 but £250 is not uncommon. Most Gardening Clubs are able to tap into funding because they have a constitution and therefore qualify to apply for such funding.

All of the talks are subject to any variations on Covid advice.

Date	Speaker	Subject	Organisation
October 26th	Matt Tebutt	Invasive Species	Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
November 9th	Rachel Barber	TBA	Carmarthenshire Meadow Group
December 7th	Piers Lunt	TBA	Tywi Gateway Project Abergwili
January 4th	Bryony Gardener	Plant Life Research	Research at Bristol University
February 1st	Liz and Paul O’Neill	TBA	Llwyngarreg
February TBA	Kevin Caley	TBA	Llanteg Gardening Group
March 29th	Carole and Peter Whittaker	Behind the Scenes at the RHS	Glyn Bach Llangolman

Cost - £3 per talk.

29 August 2022 Update

 Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all well and having an enjoyable Bank Holiday weekend in the unusually fine bank holiday weather.

With regard to the purchase of bulbs etc via Adele and from https://www.dutchbulbs.co.uk/

Could you place your order directly with Adele by Sunday the 4th of September please, there has to be a cut off date and the 4th is it!

erabarclay@gmail.com

As far as the visit to the Tywi Gateway Project at Abergwili on the 3rd of September from 10am onwards, this isn't a specific Garden Group visit, since it's a horticultural show, so if you can't make it, then I'm sure there will be public support on the day.

As mentioned in an earlier email, the Tea Room and Museum are open on the day.

In respect of the garden visit to Gelly Uchaf gardens at Rhydcymerau SA19 7PY on the 11th of September from 2pm onwards, .

Can you confirm if you are coming along, and if you require refreshments please, also we are limited by parking spaces, so if you can car share then this would be appreciated.

In the event of inclement weather, then Sunday the 18th September at 2 pm is an alternative date. 

The costs per person is £5 for entry, and £3.50 for tea/coffee and cakes.

See www.thegardenimpressionists.com

https://thegardenimpressionists.com/garden-views-2011/garden-views-2021/garden-views-09-september-2021/

Finally our Gardening Group annual meeting is on the 7th of September and starts at 7:30pm, so please come along. Also if you've agenda items you would like to add, then please let us know, at the moment the evening looks like this:

Agenda Items:

Forming a Gardening Club?

Annual Membership Fee?

Maintenance of Community Area's and funds

Garden Visits?

Gardening Talks?

Alternative Talks?

Gardening Workshops?

Summer Show.

Finances.

AOB

Finally, we could do with some help in weeding and generally tidying up the common community areas in the village, special attention is required at the Old School Garden, whilst the other areas require a little work after the wild flowers have died back. So if you can lend a hand, then please email me, the date we have in mind are the 16th and/or the 23rd of September and anytime that best fits in with you on the day.

Kind regards, 

Roy & Sue

AGM Sept 2022

 The annual meeting of the Gardening Group will be on Wednesday the 7th of September and at 7:30pm at the Village Hall, an agenda will follow, but if you would like to add any item, then get in touch, and please come along.

Agenda Items:

Forming a Gardening Club?

Membership Fee?

Maintenance of Community Area's

Garden Visits?

Gardening Talks?

Gardening Workshops?

Finances.

AOB

Finally, we could do with some help in weeding and generally tidying up the common community areas in the village, special attention is required at the Old School Garden, whilst the other areas require a little work after the wild flowers have died back later in the year. So if you can lend a hand, then please email me and we will set a date. 

Many thanks for all your support and time.

Kind regards,

Roy

Llanteg Show Update August 2022

 Llanteg Garden & Craft Show

Our first Village Show took place last Saturday, 13th August, being a joint effort between Llanteg Village Hall and the Gardening Group.

This show was for us a big step change compared with our previous Virtual Shows, but nevertheless it was well worth the effort and turned out to be a success.   

We received over one hundred and eighty entries, across the forty six show categories. 
Much appreciation to E.C.Thomas & Son of Zoar Chapel for very kindly sponsoring our advert in the Tenby Observer.

To all of you who helped out on the day, and to the judges, your efforts and skills are greatly appreciated.  In addition, thanks go to all of you who submitted entries, and to the public who came along to support this event.  

Apologies in advance for singling out people for a special mention, but to Ruth Roberts and Sue James our appreciation and gratitude go to you both for all your hard work in making this event run so smoothly.

Also, as a result of the generosity on the show day, we are in a position to donate a total of £226 to the Saudersfoot First Responders and the Wales Air Ambulance charities. 
Roy James, Hall & Garden Group Chairman

24 june 22 Update

 Good evening everyone,

I hope you are all well and have been enjoying the recent hot weather, despite the weather being a little damp today it's good to have someone else to water the garden for a change.

Firstly many thanks to all who came along to the NGS open garden at Norchard Manorbier, to be honest I didn't expect such a beautiful garden, and the weather and cakes made it a bit special.

If there's enough interest, we could go back for a further visit later in the year, so please get back to me if you are interested please, we would require twenty plus to make it happen.

On the 13th of August we are planning a Summer Show at the village hall, the sections include: Cookery - Preserves - Art - Photography - Craft - Flowers - Floral Art - Garden Produce - Children's Section. This is our first attempt at a live show, and hopefully will build on the successful Virtual Shows undertaken during lockdown.

The purpose of the Summer Show is to bring people together post Covid and to show off the talent we have in our community, so please make every effort to take part.

Who knows, in the future we may be awarding prizes and trophies, but as this is our first attempt there will be certificates on offer for those placed first to third place.

All entry forms should be emailed to Sue01.meg@gmail.com or posted to Sue James Meadow Croft, Amroth Road, Llanteg, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, SA67 8QJ by Thursday the 11th of August.

All exhibits can be delivered to the hall on either Friday the 12th of August and between 7 and 8pm or before 11am on Saturday the 13th of August.

The show will open to the public at 2pm on the Saturday and there will be an admission charge of £2 per adult with children admission being free, this includes some refreshments.

The Schedule of Classes and Application Form is attached.

However, this does mean we won't be able to take online images of exhibits, but if anyone wishes to send in an art entry long distance, then please post it to Sue James, Meadowcroft, Llanteg, Narberth, SA67 8QJ.

We are also trying to support Ludchurch Hall and in particular their Summer Gardening Show which is due to take place on Saturday the 6th of August at their new hall, more information to follow when we receive it.

So if you're a judge or you wish to exhibit your entry in both shows, then you could pop along to Ludchurch Hall as well as Llanteg Show?

Also Gardeners Question Time radio program is being recorded at the Queens Hall Narberth on the 28th of June - get in touch if you want more info on tickets.

Finally, Many thanks to Pauline and Ken for holding a fundraising event on behalf of our Gardening Group last week, and thanks to everyone who came along and made the day so enjoyable.

Kind regards,

Roy