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Apple Festival - Thursday 27th October Exeter Devon
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Come along to St Bridget Nurseries Old Rydon Lane Garden Centre (EX2 7JY) on Thursday 27th October for some Free Family Fun Activities:
Children's competitions will include
• Apple Throwing - see how many apples you can throw in a basket in one minute.
• Apple & spoon race - who can complete our course in the fastest time?
• Apple Eating - see how much apple you can eat in a minute - the catch... the apple will be dangling from a line above you and you can’t touch it with your hands!
• Treasure Trail - birds love apple trees and to celebrate the RSPB'S 'Feed the Bird Day' we're hiding pictures of garden birds around our garden centre. Find all the pictures to enter our treasure trail prize draw.
There will be prizes for children on all the above activities and no charge to enter. Adults can take part but just for fun!
Phil, our nursery manager, will be offering tours of our tree field at 11am and 3pm. If you missed our tree event last month then this is the perfect chance to learn how we produce apple (and other fruit) trees, find out about apple and other fruit pollination as well as learning the difference between a cordon and espalier! Plus you will be free to wander the entire tree field giving you maximum choice of tree sizes and shapes.
Buy/order any apple tree on the day and we will give you a free apple recipe book.
Fill a bag of apples. We've picked all the apples from our trees and certain varieties will be available to buy - simply fill a bag - (they're far tastier than supermarket varieties) and if that wasn't enough we will also have special offers on other apple related products, they're cooking up some delicious apple goodies in The Plantsmans Cafe (including toffee apples) AND there will be colouring sheets and activity sheets to amuse you while you have a drink.
We will be open from 9am to 5pm as normal on the Thursday, children's activities will be between 10.30am and 4.30pm.
Visit www.stbridgetnurseries.co.uk for directions
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- Posted: Fri. 21st October 2011 11:16
Guerrilla Gardening
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Join the London based Guerilla Gardening group, the plan is to transform inner city areas in need of attention, find out more on Facebook-
Guerrilla Garden Campaign
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- Posted: Fri. 21st October 2011 09:16
How to achieve excellence in construction : North West region
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This presentation is for landscape contractors, architects and designers who wish to achieve higher levels of professionalism.
The presentation will explore the principles of good construction and the latest techniques in the building and specification process, the contractor and designer relationship. Three areas of built work will also be covered including:
? Vertical walls: from foundation , specification and design, to different backing walls and their components , pointing and jointing
? Paving: from sub base design and considerations to paving types and their characteristics and laying methods, pointing design and what can go wrong and how to prevent it
? SUDS : made simple and how to apply , designing drainage solutions ,how to specify and the options available
BALI is delighted to invite contractors, landscape architects and designers to this popular presentation. contact diane.mcculloch@bali.org.uk 07908 815 613
Date: Thursday 24th November 2011
Time: 6.30 pm onwards
Location: The Mere Golf & country club, Chester road, Mere, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 6LJ
Speakers:
Danny Warner, Vectorworks , will be presenting an overview of the leading design software that has helped in the creation of residential, commercial and public projects from concept to construction
Mark Gregory , , Managing Director at Landform consultants, Mark is a twelve-time Gold medal winner at Chelsea Flower Show and has won numerous industry awards for builds in London and the South East. His dynamic approach and energy have built his reputation in the landscaping community for innovation and technical expertise. This presentation will provide our guests with some valuable techniques, there will be a questions and answers session throughout the presentation along with the chance for you as guests to enter into some great discussions
3 course networking dinner on the night . Tickets £30 + vat
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- Posted: Fri. 30th September 2011 19:44
Open garden & free garden consultation prize
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Visit the RHS/SGD award winning garden by Patricia Fox MSGD at Aralia design in Chelmsford.
Sunday 25th September 12 noon - 4pm.
4 Maltese Road
Chelmsford
CM1 2PA
Win the chance to get a free garden consultation too:)
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- Posted: Wed. 21st September 2011 07:31
Whirlow Hall Farm Fayre
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On Sunday, 18th September, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust will be holding its annual Fayre for 2011.
Not only will visitors be able to see parts of the 136 acre trust farm where around 10,000 disadvantaged youngsters are given on the farm learning experiences but there are a host of additional interesting things to be seen.
Situated on the outskirts of Sheffield, the farm, has an excellent farm shop where it sells its vegetables, soft fruits, and even its own produced meats.
The farm has state of the art hydroponic systems for strawberry, cucumber, pepper, and tomato growing, 2.5 acres of "market garden" 7000 raspberry plants and 3,200 vines, (growing in probably the highest vineyard in the UK).
More information at
www.whirlowhallfarm.org
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- Posted: Sun. 11th September 2011 16:39
Tree Field Tours - 2nd & 3rd September Devon UK
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On Friday 2nd September (10am & 2pm) & Saturday 3rd September (10am & 11.30am) ST Bridget Nurseries in Exeter will be giving behind the scenes tours of their production tree field.
Visitors to these tours will be guided to the tree field by the nursery manager and shown the various stages of tree production from budding to training. You will then be free to wander through the hundreds of varieties of native, ornamental and fruit trees and order straight from the field for delivery or collection later in the autumn (the trees can be supplied bare rooted or containerised).
The Woodland Trust will also be onsite each day to answer questions, explain more about the valuable work they do and to tell you about membership benefits.
This is a free event but as the nursery will be giving free goody bags away to each visitor please let the nursery know if you are planning to come by e-mailing marketing@stbridgetnurseries.co.uk or calling 01392 873672.
Please wear suitable footwear (leave the stilletos at home). We regret that due to the uneven surface that this tour is not suitable for people with walking difficulties.
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- Posted: Fri. 29th July 2011 18:25
Dying or dead Wisteria
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my wisteria (10 years old) flowered beautifully this year - again. It seemed to be doing really well - it's in a bed with roses and mixed plants. It was looking good on Monday - i didn't really look last night, but when I went in to the garden this morning (Wednesday) the leaves are shrivelled up. what on earth is happening to my beloved plant.
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- Posted: Wed. 6th July 2011 13:31
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Are you going to Hampton Court Flower Show?
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Are you going to Hampton Court Flower Show? If yes, let us know as the Shoot team will be there. It would be great to say hello if you'll be there.
All the best, Nicola
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- Posted: Tue. 28th June 2011 08:42
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Festival of Gardening at Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
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The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) is devoting an entire month to celebrating gardening for wildlife by organising a host of green-fingered events and activities at its nine visitor centres across the UK, offering advice on how to attract wildlife to your garden, as well as showing you how to use water wisely!
WWT’s Festival of Gardening has the backing of the country’s best known gardener, Alan Titchmarsh, who has thrown his weight behind this initiative to champion the link between gardening and wildlife conservation and highlight the importance of the sustainable use of water in your garden.
Alan said: “I happen to believe that gardening is at the sharp end of nature conservation. Wildlife is fragile, it’s true, but it’s also adaptable, and it’s certainly opportunistic. Create the right environment, and the wildlife will come. If WWT is able to build a magnificent garden for wildlife in the midst of a city of millions, just think what you can achieve in your own patch of land.
“The new RBC Rain Garden at WWT London Wetland Centre is a great reminder that water is the most precious of resources, and a well-managed garden pond plays a wonderful role in protecting that resource.”
Supported by NFU Mutual, the Festival of Gardening programme of activities and events at centres throughout March will include walks and talks covering topics including how to attract wildlife to your garden or build a butterfly garden. There’ll be demonstrations on subjects including how to create your own rain garden, build a mini-beast hotel or plant up a garden pond; and some centres will even have gardener’s surgeries where a panel of experts – including renowned garden designer Dr Nigel Dunnett – will be on hand to answer all your gardening queries.
Visit www.wwt.org.uk/gardening for full details of all the events and activities at each WWT centre.
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Festival of Harvest on Saturday
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Take your first step into autumn at Thrive’s Festival of Harvest on Saturday September 4.
Local produce, including our own home-grown seasonal vegetables, will be on offer alongside delicious preserves and delightful gifts from our garden shop.
We will also have a variety of plants for sale and our festival at Thrive’s Trunkwell Garden Project in Beech Hill, near Reading marks the end of the 2010 Plant a Difference campaign with the final plant swap of the year.
The Plant a Difference campaign will start again in earnest throughout 2011 so, thanks to your generosity, we can continue to deliver wonderful boxes of herbs, perennials or vegetables direct to the homes of disabled people.
Thrive’s Chief Executive Nicci Carruthers said: “Our Plant a Difference campaign has touched the lives of many disabled gardeners.
“The money raised through plant swaps has allowed us to buy and send almost 80 boxes of herbs, perennials and vegetables straight to the door of a disabled person.
“Please help us reach more people by taking part in the plant swap. The idea is simple. Take along a plant, swap it for another and make a donation to Thrive. If you cannot make it here on September 4, why not hold your own event?”
One happy recipient said: “It was a thrill to receive my plants, I will enjoy looking after them, take great pleasure in watching them grow and will always be reminded of the kind people at Thrive who provided them for me.”
Another said: “It was a super box (of plants) I know it will give me a lot of enjoyment and pleasure.”
The Festival of Harvest is a FREE event running between 11am and 4pm at the Trunkwell Garden Project, The Geoffrey Udall Centre, Beech Hill, Reading, RG7 2AT.
Visitors will also be able to see our gold winning Chelsea Garden, now a permanent fixture at Thrive HQ, and wander around the delightful three-acre Victorian walled gardens which are cared for by disabled gardeners. Home-made tea and cakes will also be on offer.
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