I am writing this newsletter at the end of February as I’m now away on holiday until the beginning of April – so I hope you will have enjoyed the DIDCOT & DISTRICT WOODTURNERS’ CLUB demonstration which should have taken place in March. I’m really sorry I missed watching them produce amazing items from a chunk of wood.
Don’t forget – our meeting on the 1st APRIL is being 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.
You should all have a copy of our 2015 Programme in your March Blewbury Bulletin – if not, copies are available at the Post Office.
Don’t forget the gardening tools we have available for hire (for a donation).
On the 6th May our meeting is an evening (6pm) garden visit to LIME CLOSE GARDEN, 35 Henleys Lane, Drayton, OX14 4HU. The garden is famous for its displays of Iris. Tickets are £6.50 and available from Blewbury Post Office or through Maggie Maytham in Upton on 01235 850126. Don’t forget to say whether you need transport.
Our meeting for June is a visit to THE HARRIS GARDEN, READING UNIVERSITY on SATURDAY 13TH JUNE – in the morning and a pub lunch on the way home. More details will be published in the next Blewbury Bulletin and Upton News, but in the meantime please pop the date in your diary.
The Schedule for our Annual Show (which is on the 11th July) has been finalised and is currently at the printers. We are hoping for a bumper number of exhibitors this year and included at the Show will be a ‘Beetroot Bonanza’. We plan to have beetroot displays, tastings and recipes you have never seen before!! More news next month.
DID YOU KNOW? Bees are particularly attracted to blue, white, yellow and purple colours for their ultraviolet properties. It is no use planting red flowers in your garden to attract bees because bees cannot see red.
Happy Gardening
Eileen