Our first meeting of the year was a get together to peruse the vast array of 2015 seed catalogues we had collected. Weather was not too kind – but our small gathering enjoyed the company with plenty of tea and cakes. Hopefully March will be a bit warmer and we can all get back into our greenhouses, gardens and allotments and start planting and growing for the coming season.
We have a great meeting on the 4th MARCH at 7.30pm in the Vale Room – DIDCOT & DISTRICT WOODTURNERS’ CLUB are giving a demonstration. They will demonstrate how they can produce amazing and beautiful items, from just a ‘lump of wood’. They will also have products for sale.
Please put the 1st APRIL in your diary. Our meeting will be held in The Barn at Blewbury Manor at 7.30pm. We have a very special talk by Stefan Edwin White, called: SKULDUGGERY IN THE SHRUBBERY: The inspiring story of John Tradescant and his family – 17th century Gardener to Royalty, founder of the world’s first Museum, widely travelled plant collector, adventurer and collector of nature’s rarities, all stolen by a rascally lawyer, who took all the credit and founded The Ashmolean Museum with Tradescant’s collection. Witchcraft, the last remaining dodo, mermaids, magic spells, a unicorn’s horn, Pocahontas the Indian Princess, pirates, Kings and Queens, intrigue and treachery all feature in this insight into a turbulent period of Britain’s history.
You should all find a copy of our 2015 Programme in your March issue of the Blewbury Bulletin – if not, pick one up at the Blewbury Post Office. It also includes details of the gardening tools we have available for hire for a donation.
Our May meeting is an evening garden visit – more details in the next Blewbury Bulletin.
DID YOU KNOW? Origins of names of some flowering plants: Buddleia – named after the 17th century English botanist Adam Buddle. Forsythia – named after the 18th century Scottish gardener and writer William Forsyth. Fuschia – named after the 16th century German botanist and herbalist Leonard Fuchs.
Happy Gardening
Eileen