19 January Update 2019

As far as the walk and talk session at Stackpole, the suggested date is Wednesday the 20th of March, starting at 2pm. The talk should last around an hour and includes information of historical interest as well as gardening. The restaurant is open till 4:30pm, so you can have lunch before or refreshments after the walk.... 

If you would like to attend, then please let me know as soon as possible?

If you would like to car share, then perhaps we can meet at the village hall car park?

There will be a donation of £30 to Mind charity for the session.

Also, Theri has a couple of hundred packets of Unwins (vegetable & flower) seeds with a Best Before date of November and December 2018.

Theri will be bringing some along to the pudding evening on Saturday. Otherwise I'm sure there will be opportunities to get some from Theri later in the month. 

Finally, If your interested in growing vegetables, then there's a talk on this topic at St Clears Gardening Club on the 11th of March at 7pm.

If your interested, then please get in touch with me. 

Report of January 2019 Meeting

Many thanks for your support and enthusiasm for our gardening group and for your attendance at our last meeting.

Thanks also to Ann for the plants and planters.

With regard to visiting the walled gardens at Stackpole for a walk and talk session, then the most likely time would be in March and on a Monday to Thursday, although suggest we look at weather forecast before committing to a date?

Can you please email me with your preferences if any, since this will help with picking a day and time.

As well as the head gardeners talk, there is a historical talk about the gardens, also the restaurant will be open, the cost would be a £30 donations to the Mind charity.

On the 11th of March, St Clears and District Gardening Club have a talk on growing vegetables, their meeting is at Ysgol Griffith Jones at 7pm, the only charge would be for us to each buy a £2 raffle ticket on the night.

We can care share if you like, and meet at the hall around 6:30pm?

As mentioned at our meeting, Andy Dawe has volunteered to give us a walk and talk session around Colby on April the 16th starting at 10am, there will be a charge for non National Trust members of £8. Also the tea room will be open.

As suggested in the meeting, I will enquire about a tour of the Botanical gardens and Aberglassney gardens and get back to you.

Suggestions going forward are:

A further visit to Greenacre in the spring.

Visit to the RHS Show in Cardiff between the 12th to the 14th of April, there are organised bus trips with Richards Brothers (coach company) and tickets for the RHS can be bought on line.

More information for RB’s can be found at: https://www.richardsbros.co.uk/day-tour-listing/cardiff-rhs-flower-show/

Visit Usk garden open in June, http://www.uskopengardens.com/

National Gardens Scheme, https://www.ngs.org.uk/find-a-garden/?location=SA678QJ%20&from_date=&to_date=&date=all_dates

Other information includes:

Premier Seeds Direct as a source of cheap seeds, https://www.premierseedsdirect.com/

Simply seeds, https://www.simplyseed.co.uk/

Seeds of Italy, https://www.seedsofitaly.com/

Northern Polytunnels, https://www.northernpolytunnels.co.uk/

Maria from Greenacre is available for help with the gardening and Maria’s number is 07479660520.

Finally, Dee (Woodreef Amroth) from the wildlife group is arranging a quiz night including soup and possibly at the Wanderers in late March, more information to follow from Dee next month.

Kind regards,

Roy