At long last the weather has come up trumps – plenty of sunshine – and a few showers.
Our Annual Show on the 12th July was a great day! We had 38 exhibitors with over 300 entries in the various classes. It was great to see the young people entering exhibits in their Section. Despite the hot weather affecting some of the flowers and vegetables, there was a fantastic display in the Horticultural Section. Our “Old and Modern” Display of Garden Tools proved to be a good talking point.
Thanks to everyone who supported the Show, including entrants from Didcot and Harwell Gardener’s Club – they won the Inter-Society Trophy! If we didn’t have the Exhibitors, we wouldn’t have a Show. A VERY BIG THANK YOU to the Committee and all the other volunteers who helped to make the Show such a success.
We took a well-deserved break in August and for those of you who were on holiday – hope you had a great time.
Our next monthly meeting is on WEDNESDAY 2ND SEPTEMBER AT 7.30PM IN THE VALE ROOM, BLEWBURY VILLAGE HALL.
Our speaker is Mr D’Ayala who is giving a talk on WILDFLOWERS OF THE CHILTERNS.
Due to unforeseen circumstances our trip to WATERPERRY GARDENS ON SATURDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER has had to be cancelled but we hope to replace it with a trip to HARCOURT ARBORETUM to see the acers in their glorious autumn colours and a coffee and cake at Notcutts Garden Centre later in the year. We will let you know the proposed date next month.
Our diary for 2014 is still very busy and we would love to see more of you at our monthly meetings. Everyone in Blewbury and Upton is a member of the VPA and the only cost is £2 when you come to a talk.
DID YOU KNOW? The invention of the wheelbarrow is usually traced to China’s Chuko Liang, an adviser to the Shu-Han Dynasty from AD197 to 234, who had it developed as a means of transport for military supplies! The first evidence of wheelbarrows being used in Europe is found in illustrations in the thirteenth century.
Happy Gardening
Eileen