8 May 2022 update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all well and enjoying the fine weather and busy out in your gardens, or perhaps on the beach taking in our lovely coastline?

Our next gardening visit is on the 13th of May and from 11am onwards, with a talk with Joseph Atkin in the afternoon. If you are coming along, then can you please let Pauline and I know as soon as you can.

The group prices are as follows:

• Groups of 10+: £8.40 per adult
• Groups of 45+: £8.25 per adult
• Children under 16: Free of charge

The guided tour of the Gardens with Head Gardener Joseph will be paid for out of existing Gardening Group funds. Whilst the entry fee is to be paid for by yourselves. 

Also, the Kilgetty in Bloom Committee are looking for three judges to view/judge the entries on Wednesday 13th July.

If you're interested, then please get back to me or Pauline, and we will forward your email address to Margaret Moffat at Kilgetty in Bloom. 

Kind regards,

Roy

Village Show 2022

 

==VILLAGE GARDEN/CRAFT/ART/PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW AUGUST 2022==

With the virtual show firmly in the past, we are planning a summer Gardening/Craft/Art/Photography show at the village hall. The format of the show will be similar to the virtual show, although not on the same scale.

If you would like to be involved, and we do need volunteers please, then please let me know, be it a helper on the day or judging any categories.

The date we have in mind for the show is Saturday the 13th of August, and more information will follow shortly. So please start

growing, painting and creating your show entries.
Roy.James1536@gmail.com

31 March 22 Update

 Good evening everyone,

I hope you are all well and enjoying the warm weather, and looking forward to spending time in your gardens in the coming days ahead.

Our last gardening talk at the village hall is with Jake Rayson on the 6th of April at 7pm, the subject of the talk is Community Forest Gardens. 

Following on from this, here is a list of venues and dates for garden visits planned for the coming months.

I will update you nearer the dates, since I will need to know about numbers etc.

April 24th 2pm onwards Old Rectory Lampeter Velfrey 

https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/34289

May 13th & 11am onwards Aberglasney

https://aberglasney.org/

June 12th & 2pm onwards Norchard Manorbier Tenby. This is an NGS open day, so there's a limited number of tickets available. So please let me know if you're interested in attending, we've paid for 12 tickets (£6 each). 

https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/25634

July 16th & 2pm onwards Llwyngarreg

https://www.llwyngarreg.co.uk/

August 7th & 2pm onwards Glyn Bach

https://www.glynbachgardens.co.uk/

September 9th or 10th & 11am onwards Abergwili, although the date is to be confirmed. 

With most of the garden visits, there will be a walk and talk, but I will update you closer to the time. 

With the virtual show firmly in the past, we are planning a summer Gardening/Craft/Art/Photography show at the village hall. The format of the show will be similar to the virtual show, although not on the same scale.

If you would like to be involved, and we do need volunteers please, then please let me know, be it a helper on the day or judging any categories.

The date we have in mind for the show is Saturday the 13th of August, and more information will follow shortly. So please start growing, painting and creating your show entries.

We've someone who's looking for some paid help to create a garden and offer advice. So if you are interested, then please get back to me?

We are going to meet up for a plant sharing get together in mid May, venue and date to be announced later.

I hope you don't mind. But with busy times ahead, I think it sensible to defer forming a gardening club to a later date.

As a matter of interest, these are a few dates to be aware of:

Spring fair at Abergwili on the 10th of April, see link. 

https://parcyresgob.org.uk/new-spring-plant-fair-at-bishops-park/

Summer fair at Picton Castle on the 9th of July.

Finally, could you please let me know if  you're happy to continue with the annual maintenance of the community land?

Kind regards, 

Roy 

10 March 2022 update

Good afternoon everyone,

Thanks so much for coming along to our gardening group talk last night, and really appreciate your support.

In addition, It was so encouraging to see so many smiling faces back in the hall.

I'm hoping that you enjoyed yet another informative and entertaining talk by Paul and Liz O'Neill. Hard not to really!

Thanks to those who brought along old plant pots, which Paul & Liz appreciated and these will help with their charitable work.

The next talk, which is the last of our winter program, is with Jake Rayson on the 6th of April. I will update you nearer the time.

Thereafter, the plan is to visit various gardens throughout the summer months. 

However, I would appreciate your input as to what gardens you would like us to visit, and also what would be your preferred day to visit these places?

Personally I will be looking at the following gardens: Aberglasney, Llwyngarreg, Abergwili, Picton Castle, plus some of the gardens in the NGS flyer I sent in a previous email.

Also if there is a desire to have two garden visits per month, then please let me know. 

With regard to our finances. The £2/head entrance fee is covering the hall rental with a small surplus, so I can't see any reason to change this at the moment. 

Kind regards, 

Roy 

8 March 2022 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all well and looking forward to getting on with your gardening, once the lighter evenings are with us again.

Apologies for not getting back to you sooner, but thanks so much for coming along to the talk with Piers Lunt last month. It was a very interesting talk, from yet another of the very talented head gardeners we have in the area. l'm sure we're looking forward to visiting the Tywi Gateway gardens later in the year. 

Our next talk is next Wednesday the 9th of March and at 7pm, and I expect like us you're looking forward to Paul and Liz O'Neill from Llwyngarreg and their talk entitled "Growing Acid Loving Plants".

Please see a message from Liz:-

If you have used plant pots you don't want, then can you please bring them along for Paul and Liz. They use them for plant sales, which goes to finance their garden at Llwyngarreg. Which in turn raises money for charities. Also there will be some plants on sale on the night. 

Please see a message from Adele:-

Joseph (Aberglasney) has given us a tray of Cleome ‘Rose Queen’ seedlings for our garden group. They are ready to be pricked out, so Adele will bring them to Wednesday’s meeting. So please bring along small containers. 

Many thanks to Joseph for this very kind gesture, and to Adele for making this happen.

Our talk on April the 6th is with Jake Rayson and is titled "Community Forest Gardens", although I will confirm this at a later date.

A list of garden visits will follow some time next month, but in the interim, see NGS list below.

As for Covid, the WAG restrictions have now been relaxed, although if you wish to wear a mask and socially distance, then please do so. Since whatever you are comfortable with, works for us all.

Kind regards,

Roy

I Feb 2022 Update

 Good morning everyone,

Many thanks for coming along to the talk on Hydroponics and Aeroponics last Friday. 

The talk Bryony gave us was so interesting and thought provoking, that we need to have a further talk on her research in the future. Please. 

Thanks so much Bryony for giving us this talk, and we are making a donation to you for doing this for us.

Belated Happy Birthday, sorry forgot to mention it on Friday.

The next gardening group talk is with Piers Lunt on the February 23rd at 7pm, the subject is:

Designing Hidden History: Creative Planting and Restoration of the Bishop's Park and Garden.

Then it's Liz & Paul ONeil on March 9th and again at 7pm, the subject is to be confirmed, New Talk!

Then we have Jake Rayson on April 6th at 7pm, the subject is: Forest Garden.

If your thinking about ordering seeds etc from Suttons, then these are the discounts available from their current catalogue if you quote SUGS4025Z.

Packet seeds 50%

All others 15%.

See order form below. 

Thanks so much to Pauline and her pollinator project team for all their efforts in delivering this project. 

Well done everyone. 

Finally, if any one would like to go along to the Old School Garden, Mountain Chapel or the Clay Pits and carry out any maintenance then this would be greatly appreciated.

Things like, weeding, cutting of brambles, raking paths, picking up fallen branches would be good. If so, then please go along at any time you can spare please. 

We will set a date in March to do some work in these areas, as the weather improves and the days lengthen. 

Kind regards, 

Roy

Jan 2022 Talk - change of date

 LLANTEG GARDEN GROUP TALK - CHANGE OF DATE

With regard to the hydroponics talk with Bryony Gardener at the village hall next week.

Apologies, but the date has now changed from Wednesday the 26th to Friday the 28th of January at 7pm, the entry fee is £2/person.

If you could let me know if you are attending please, then this would be appreciated.

As far as covid is concerned: Please carry out an LFT before hand, then sanitise your hands on entering the hall, wear a face covering and adopt social distancing whilst in the hall.

There will be some ventilation of the building, so please wear warm clothing.

Roy James

831468 Roy.James1536@gmail.com

8 Jan 2022 Update

 Good afternoon everyone, 

As far as the weather today is concerned, it's certainly not the best, but at least we have the hope that better days are ahead. So time to order those seeds and plants perhaps?

Firstly, many thanks for attending the talk with Aberglasney Head Gardener Joseph Atkin last Wednesday. As usual Joseph was a fountain of knowledge and enthusiasm, which all goes to inspire us to get gardening, I hope!

 

My thanks to Mary Megarry {VH Treasurer} for organising the payment on our behalf. 

Thanks also to Adele for volunteering to coordinate the sourcing of suppliers of wildflower bulbs, so more information to follow soon.

Incidentally, our next Gardening Group talk will be on Wednesday the 26th of January and at the village hall {7pm}.

The speaker will be Bryony Gardner and the talk relates to Hydroponics. We don't have any more detail than that at the moment, but will get back to you when we do.

At this point in time, the Covid precautions remain the same as before, and if you can carry out a LFT in the days leading up to the 26th. Then please do so, although we will send a reminder closer to this date.

If you wish to order seeds and or plants from suttons, then the unique order code is SUGS4025Z the discount is 50% off packet seeds and 15% from all other items, and that's all from their current catalogue.

In the past we've ordered specialist seeds from the Real Seed company, see https://www.realseeds.co.uk/about.html.

Also, Tavernspite Garden Centre offers a good selection of plant plugs including tomato and brassicas etc, as well as seeds. 

Finally, if anyone is interested in a workshop cafe. Along the lines of learning new diy and repair skills, then get back to me please on roy.james1536@gmail.com

Kind regards,

Roy

20 Dec 2021 Update

 Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all well and looking forward to Christmas with your families, and hopefully a better year ahead.

Although from a positive perspective, looking forward, the shortest day is on the 21st of December, so less darkness and more light days ahead.

Below is a list of talks planned to take place at the village hall and at 7pm.

This is subject to any changes made by the WAG and Central Government.

At this point, there is no requirement for passports, but social distancing and face masks within the hall will apply. 

The hydroponics talk with Bryony, which was planned for the 22nd of December, is now deferred to the 26th of January and at 7pm.

Winter Talk Schedule, at LVH and 7pm onwards.

• Joseph Atkin - January 5th - Aberglasney Specials.

• Bryony Gardener  - 26th of January - Hydroponics. 
  

• Piers Lunt - February 23rd - Designing Hidden History: Creative Planting and Restoration of the Bishop's Park and Garden

• Liz & Paul ONeil - March 9th - New Talk!

• Jake Rayson - April 6th - Forest Garden

If the situation changes, then I will update you, and we will revert back to zoom if possible! 

Happy Christmas and healthy New Year to you all.

We greatly appreciate your support and enthusiasm during yet another interesting year! 

Cheers, 

Roy and Sue

20 Nov 2021 Update

 Good morning everyone,

With regard to the gardening talk last night.

Many thanks to Carole & Peter for making this such an enjoyable and lovely evening and providing a most interesting talk about the History and Medicinal properties of the Monarda.

Similarly, many thanks to all who came along to our first gardening talk since those wonderful pre-Pandemic days!

I appreciate it's not easy to meet during these times, but it was good seeing you all, and thanks for your positive feedback.

I will update you soon with details of the next talk, which is with Bryony Gardner (Georgina's daughter), the subject is Hydroponics.

On a different subject, there is a Victorian Fair at Picton Castle this weekend, but please check the link below for more details;  https://www.pictoncastle.co.uk/2021/11?cat=3

1 Nov 2021 Update

 Good afternoon everyone, 

I hope you are all well and enjoying what has been a warm dry day, and thank goodness yesterday's high winds are behind us all! Lets hope the rest of the week is much the same as today's weather was?

Apologies for not getting the minutes of our last meeting on the 15th of October to you earlier, but life even for the retired old folks can be a busy one.

Can I thank all of you who came along to the Botanical Garden on the 23rd of October. The weather was again kind to us, and Nigel and Liz made our visit a more enjoyable one with their very interesting walk and talk.

These are the main points discussed at our meeting:

Apologies for absence from: Dawn Sanders, John James, Trish Cormack, Carolyn and Mike Brotherwood.

• Pauline gave us a very interesting update on our Pollinator Project. The raised beds are in place at the Mountain Chapel {thanks to Ken} and the plan is to have top soil delivered for these beds in the coming days, this will allow further planting of pollinator plants. In addition, some shrubs have been planted at the Clay Pits and some fruit trees are on order for delivery in November. The bug hotel was to be purchased from funds, but now, thanks to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Trust they will provide the bug hotel which is to be placed opposite Stanwell. It was agreed that if there was an overspend of the grant money, then this would come out of the Gardening Group funds. Pauline thanked her Pollinator working group for their support and also thanked Paul Webb at Tavernspite Garden Centre for his donation of plants for the project.

• The Virtual Summer Show was discussed, and it was provisionally agreed that we would have a real Summer Show in the village hall in 2022. This show would take a similar format to our previous virtual shows and include some electronic entries where practicable, the latter would allow support from far and wide. The show would take a lot more organising and the need for a committee, along with sponsorship from local businesses. It was agreed that we retain the virtual certificates for the successful entrants, this would be more environmentally friendly and reduce costs. Our thanks go to Ruth and her judges for all their hard work in making this year's show such a successful one.  http://llantegshow2021.blogspot.com/

• It was agreed to go ahead with Winter Talks at the Village Hall and that a list of talks would be sent out soon. Additionally, it was agreed to hold the talks on a Wednesday evening as an alternative to a Friday. These talks/meetings would be subject to WAG Covid legislation and guidance.

• It was agreed to have Summer Walks and Talks and therefore a list of dates would be sent out soon.

• It was agreed that presently there was no requirement for a membership fee, but that there would be the usual charge of £2 per person for anyone attending the Winter Talks. Furthermore it was suggested that we have fundraising events, should there be a need to do so.

• The Maintenance of the Common Public Areas is continuing and a suitable date and time is to be circulated when the weather conditions allow. Although, if anyone would like to carry out any work at these areas and at their convenience, then this would be greatly appreciated.

AOB

A brief discussion took place regarding the possibility of renting and or purchasing land suitable for allotments. It was agreed to gauge the interest in allotments within the community and to approach other organisations that operate allotments for advice.

Winter Talk Schedule, at LVH and 7pm onwards:

• Carole & Peter Whitaker -  Friday the 19th of November - History, Medical Qualities & Care of Monadas. Apologies, but the only date that works for Carole & Peter was a Friday.

• Bryony Gardener  - Wednesday in December, date TBA - Hydroponics.

• Joseph Atkin - January 5th - Aberglasney Specials

• Piers Lunt - February 23rd - Designing Hidden History: Creative Planting and Restoration of the Bishop's Park and Garden

• Liz & Paul ONeil - March 9th - New Talk!

• Jake Rayson - April 6th - Forest Garden

Summer 2022 Walk and Talks:

• Aberglasney - April or May date TBA

• Abergwili - May date TBA

• Llwyngarreg - June date TBA

• Norchard Manobier - July date TBA

• Glyn Bach - August date TBA

• September - One or more of the following: Upton Castle/Picton Castle/Stackpole Walled Garden/Botanical Garden

Kind regards, 

Roy

8 June 2021 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all well, and enjoying the warmer weather and more importantly your gardens.

Can you please let me know if you are coming along to Aberglasney this Saturday, you don't need to reply if you can't make it, since I completely understand that life is busy.

The plan is that we meet at Aberglasney between 10am and 10:30am, then walk around the gardens or have lunch, then around 1pm Joseph will provide us with a walk and talk around this beautiful place.

The entry price will depend on the numbers, so hence the need to know how many are coming along.

The cost of the talk is £70 and we will pay for this out of existing funds, you only need to pay the entrance price.

Finally, don't forget the Virtual Summer Show, you can send your entries in for any of the categories and whenever you choose to the following email address llantegshow@gmail.com and the rules etc are on the Llanteg web site.

Kind regards,

Roy

1 June 2021 Update

 Good evening everyone,

I hope you are all well and enjoyed the sunshine over the past few days, let's hope that tomorrow's weather is just a blip?

Firstly, well done to everyone who battled the weeds and spread the stone chips at the Old School Garden last Friday.

Appreciate it's an ongoing battle with the weeds and in particular the brambles, but at least the work you've undertaken is a big step forward.

Thank you all for your efforts.

Thanks also to Carol and Sam for giving us the stone chippings, and for the offer of loads more!

A warm welcome to the new members of the Gardening Group, our next gardening visit is to Aberglasney on the 12th of June, more information to follow closer to the date.

Finally, Sunday's first plant swap was a great success, it was so good to see so many of you, and well done to Pauline for organising it all and to Rosemary for kindly hosting it for us.

Kind regards,

Roy

19 May 21 Update

 Good evening everyone,

Firstly many thanks for coming along to Llwyngarreg for the walk and talk with Paul & Liz, and I hope that you enjoyed the day and found inspiration from this garden.

Our next garden visit is to Aberglasney on the 12th of June, more information to follow nearer the date..

With regard to the planned clean up at the OSG, it looks like the weather on Friday is going to be wet and windy, so I've decided to defer the clean up until the following Friday the 28th of May and at 5pm onwards, or please come along at any time that's best for you.

Apologies for this, but this is the sort of work we could do with your help with:

Painting the wooden gates.

Raking and weeding the path's.

Weeding the dry stone wall.

Weed and bramble removal from the open areas. Most of this work is weeding by hand, since strimming will do more damage to wildflowers and saplings... 

Spreading slate chippings in the vicinity of the new seating area.

Kind regards,

Roy 

6 May 2021 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all well and looking forward to a little more freedom in the coming months, with the vaccine program offering optimism for us all.

Thanks to everyone who attended our zoom meeting, I appreciate zoom is not the most invigorating way of communicating, but it keeps us informed and engaged, which is very important for our wellbeing...

Finances: Mary Megarry our Village Hall Treasurer is progressing the opening of a Bank account for LGG and under the umbrella of LVH accounts, more information to follow. Also, the maintenance money from ACC has been transferred over to LVH and will then be moved across to LGG account, many thanks to Mary and ACC for arranging this for us. 

Well done to Trish for a really interesting and thought provoking talk on the "No Dig" concept, which we all enjoyed, it's not easy giving a presentation in front of a live audience, but doing this on line without the usual live audience participation is a challenge. Thanks Trish.

With regard to the maintenance of community areas, could you please lend a hand at the Old School Garden on Friday the 21st of May at 6pm for as much time as you can spare please. Also if you would like to go along and rake paths, weed around flower beds, paint the gates at the OSG or Claypits, then please do so at any time you wish.

After all, every little helps make these areas more interesting and pleasing for all our community.

   

As far as the tree planting at Stanwell, we are awaiting confirmation from Amroth Community Council regarding the purchase of the trees.

Thanks to Pauline, Sue and Bev from ACC for attending a meeting to discuss a Pollinator Project with Chris Taylor {Pembrokeshire Coastal Path Warden}, more information to follow at our next zoom meeting from Pauline and Sue.

   

Summer Walk and Talks are as follows:

Llwyngarreg garden May 15th at 2pm. https://www.llwyngarreg.co.uk/

Aberglasney June 12th at 10am, walk and talk with Joseph Atkin at 1pm. https://aberglasney.org/

Upton Castle July 10th at 2pm, walk and talk, followed by tea and cakes. https://www.uptoncastle.com/

Glyn Bach August 8th at 2pm (monada collection). https://www.glynbachgardens.co.uk/

Tywi Gateway Project (Abergwili Old Bishops Palace) September 4th at 2pm. The garden tea room and toilets should be open around this date, so this date may drift by a week, more information to follow. https://tywigateway.org.uk/

Can you let me know if you are attending any of the above as soon as possible please, especially if you would like afternoon tea at Upton Castle.

 

Virtual Summer Show is underway, so could you get your entries in as soon as they're ready please, also if you can encourage others to take part, then this would be appreciated. In our previous shows we struggled with show entries from children, so if you could please encourage your children and grandchildren to put forward show entries, then this would be appreciated. 

Pauline will be contacting you all about plant sharing, so if you've a surplus of plants or you need some plants, then please contact Pauline.

Many thanks for those who gave second homes to the compost bins and plant pots, there are a few more available from Caz, so please get back to me if you need plant pots?

In July Bryony Gardner will be giving us a talk about Hydroponics, a date is to be agreed.

Future talks in the pipeline include: Chris Taylor Pollinator Project - Jake Rayson Creating a Forest Garden, and it may be possible to have these talks outdoors or when practicable at the village hall. Information to follow when we receive updates from the new WAG.

Thanks to Carol and Simon from Waterwynch for donating a large amount of slate chippings, which we are going to use at the Old School Garden to enhance the area around the new seating.

Kind regards,

Roy

28th April 21 Update

 Goods evening everyone,

Please see message from Liz O'Neill at Llwyngarreg Llanfalteg {https://www.llwyngarreg.co.uk/}.

Kind regards,

Roy

Dear Garden Clubs,

Further to my previous message, we have organised a "Pop-up" opening on Sunday May 2nd 10am-6pm. We will be serving teas with some safety precautions eg: only 2 people in conservatory at one time, mainly self-service, hand sanitiser available.

Online booking is on the NGS website, but personally I don't quite get it: with our large garden I do not anticipate overcrowding....so don't feel it essential. 

Please, club secretaries, can you forward this to as many people as you can think of!

Thanks, Liz O'Neill

On Friday, 2 April 2021, 10:03:36 BST, liz oneill <lizpaulfarm@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Dear Garden Clubs,

I hope that you are all well, and looking forward to a better year. The National Garden Scheme is not yet allowed to open - please lobby our AM's (who do not give gardens a passing thought) - to allow the low risk, beneficial activity which is visiting gardens!! Sorry - my soapbox is showing.

However, certainly by April 26th we should be able to welcome you, and are keen to do so, speaking for ourselves at Llwyngarreg Garden. All the NGS gardens are online at ngs.org.uk and can be contacted if they accept "By Arrangement" visits. 

2020 was a dreadful year for the beneficiaries we normally donate over £3 million/year to in the UK, so we hope 2021 to be a better one. The booklet is reduced in size to save costs this year, so the website is ever more important (and improved). By the way, with no furloughing, our gardens are looking wonderful!

Hoping to see some of you soon,

Best wishes, Liz and Paul O'Neill.

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23 April 2021 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are well and enjoying the sunshine, and are pleased to put your covid winter behind you.

Below is the agenda for our next Gardening Group zoom meeting, if there's anything you would like to add, then please let me know.

The meeting is in two parts, firstly gardening group business (short I hope), followed by a talk by Trish Cormack entitled No Dig. 

Agenda

Finances 

Maintenance of Community Areas

New Seating at OSG

Tree Planting at Stanwell

Pollinator Project (Chris Taylor) 

Summer Walk and Talks

Virtual Summer Show

Plant Sharing

Second Hand Compost Bins and Plant Pots

Next Meeting Bryony Gardner will be giving us a talk about Hydroponics, time and date TBA.

AOB

Thanks everyone for your support and for the plants you have donated, all of which will enhance our community areas. 

  

16 March 2021 Update

 Good evening everyone,

I hope you are all well and looking forward to positive changes in the coming months, and let's hope at least the weather is warmer?

Firstly, many thanks again for my birthday wishes and gifts, I still can't accept the fact that I've been around for three score years and ten, despite the fact that it looks like longer!

Below are the minutes of our meeting on the 2nd of March, as for our next zoom meeting, I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Zoom Talks

Trish - No Dig date TBA

Bryony - Hydroponics TBA

Trevor - Wild Flowers TBA

Gardening Visits

To be announced once Cv-19 restrictions allow.

Virtual Summer Show

It was agreed to have a summer virtual show, please see attached document for rules and categories, the email address for all entries is llantegshow@gmail.com

YouTube Channel

Our Llanteg Gardening Group YouTube channel is up and running, and it was agreed that we upload short helpful hints videos to the channel along with zoom talks/meetings.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk7_bM4CYd6BCVme9yR-OUA

If anyone has a short video to upload to the channel, please forward it to Trish at Trish@cormack.net

Maintenance of Community Areas

We agreed to maintain the grounds at the; Old School Garden, Claypits and Mountain Chapel, in return for an annual payment from Amroth Community Council, and the cost of hiring or buying equipment would be paid for by ACC.

Our thanks go to ACC for agreeing to placing new seating at the OSG and Mountain Chapel, the old rotten wooden seats have now been removed from the OSG and the new ones will be installed soon.

Wild Flowers - Fruit Trees/Bushes

All the fruit trees/bushes have now been planted at the OSG and the wild flowers will be sown by Trevor when conditions allow.

Also, a further fifty oak saplings have been planted at the OSG, thanks to Caz for obtaining these for us.

Plant Sharing

Pauline confirmed that some people have come forward to participate in the plant sharing, if you would like to take part, then please contact Pauline on critchlow23@btinternet.com. Although, if you have any surplus plants or are looking for some, then please get in touch anyway.

Tree Planting in the community

Theri suggested we plant a memorable (statement) tree(s) in the community, areas suggested include near the bus stop and on the land opposite Stanwell. With regard to Stanwell, it was agreed to ask Tony Brinsdon if he had a preference for a particular species of tree that could be planted opposite Stanwell. More info to follow.

See https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/press-release/national-trust-launches-blossomwatch-to-emulate-japans-hanami-

Finances

Since the Gardening Group does not have a constitution or a committee, then we decided at our previous meeting that we ask Llanteg Village Hall committee to hold any money the Gardening Group has in a subsidiary account and under the control of the officers of LVH, and that Mary Megarry (VH Treasurer) would expedite this as soon as possible. Just to be clear, all money belonging to the Gardening Group shall be held by LVH but for the express use of the Llanteg Gardening Group.

Forming Gardening Club

We agreed to remain as we are and not to set up a formal Gardening Club.

Quiz

We agreed to have a further quiz in April, date and time to be agreed.

AOB

Chris Taylor (Warden Coastal Path) is giving a talk to ACC entitled Improving areas for pollinators, I will contact Chris and ask him about giving us a talk in the coming months.

Jake Rayson from Forest Garden Wales is going to create a YouTube video on the subject of creating a forest garden, the charge would be £50 for a thirty minute video, we await a response.

Theri raised the issue of PCC cutting the hedgerows and grass verges at times of the year that can damage habitats, it was discussed that we raise this matter via the community council.

Kind regards,

Roy

26th January 2021 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all warm and keeping well, and that you don't have to venture out in this snow/rain, but if you do, then take care.

Many thanks for attending the zoom meeting on the 26th of January and I appreciate the apologies from those who couldn't make it, all in all the numbers are very encouraging.

The following is a brief description of the items discussed, I appreciate it's not easy to debate things properly on zoom, but at least we could see each other, (I've had a hair cut since and locally).

Gardening Visits: It was agreed that we plan for future summer garden visits, but that this would depend on any restrictions from Government and WAG...

Places we may visit: Aberglasney - Abergwili - Stackpole - Llwyngarreg - Panteg - Glynbach plus any other NGS gardens you have a preference for, so if you've any further suggestions, then please email me.

Virtual Summer Show: It was agreed that we continue with a virtual show and try to obtain sponsorship for winners of each category, more information to follow.

YouTube Channel: It was agreed that we contact Jake Rayson about uploading Creating a Forest Garden video to our YouTube channel for all GG members to view at their leisure. It was also suggested that we create our own short videos to upload to our channel, any suggestions please.

Maintenance of Common Recreational Areas: Amroth Community Council has asked our Gardening Group if we are interested in maintaining the grounds at the; Old School Garden, Claypits and Mountain Chapel in return for an annual payment.

It was agreed that we identify what we could achieve with our physical resources and hours required to maintain these areas and feed back at the next meeting.

Although, at the moment the Claypits is being cut by John James and the Mountain Chapel area will be cut by Roger Harries. Also, some annual maintenance is currently being carried out by members of the GG.

Wild Flowers - Fruit Trees/Bushes: The fruit bushes have been planted at the OSG, thanks Pauline, and there are three Apple trees (received from Keep Wales Tidy) which will be planted at the OSG soon.

Plant Sharing: It was agreed that if possible we would grow plants for the coming season and share surplus plants amongst our GG, Pauline will be in contact to ask if you would like to take part, and who's going to grow what, thanks again to Pauline.

Forming Gardening Club: It was agreed to stay as we are and that we wouldn't need an annual membership fee, but simply charge people who attend future presentations/meetings at the village hall.

Quiz: We are planning for an online quiz, so we should be in contact with you soon with dates etc.

Our next zoom GG meeting is on the 2nd of March at 7pm, thanks again to Trish for hosting this for us.

4 Dec 2020 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

Albeit a little cold out there, but at least it's dry and more importantly the sun is visible at times, or at least it was when I started this email!.

Don't forget it's the shortest day on the 21st of this month, and being positive, things can only improve thereafter.

Many thanks for coming along to Aberglasney last Friday, we were very lucky with both the weather and to have a very interesting walk and talk around the garden with Joseph the head gardener.

I can't help but feel inspired with gardening enthusiasm after a visit to Aberglasney and listening to his helpful advice, who knows it may lead me becoming an average gardener, only time will tell!

I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and are looking forward to future visits to all sorts of gardens in the coming spring and summer months.

As far as the gardening talks in the village hall, I have decided to put them all on hold until at least we have a clearer view of a safe way forward, apologies for this, it's the very last thing I wanted. I will endeavour to look at walks and talks, and get back to you when I have a plan.

Finally, can I remind you that the closing date for the Virtual Christmas Show is the 7th of December, so please send your entries to llantegshow@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Also, we are desperate for show entries in the Children's section, so entries would be greatly appreciated. Please remember, you don't need to be a resident of Llanteg to enter the show.

Kind regards,

Roy