COVID Update
We are unable to meet in the village Hall but we have activities planned on ZOOM:
We are determined to stay in touch with our members and have events planned online using Zoom. Please keep an eye on our Calendar Page for all updates...
We are determined to stay in touch with our members and have events planned online using Zoom. Please keep an eye on our Calendar Page for all updates...
Plant Sale:
Saturday 15th May
On The Green, Standlake
plenty of summer bedding, vegetables and perennials.
Next Meeting:
Tuesday 25th May 2021
7.30 pm. Online Via ZOOM
Speaker: Catriona Bass. The Eynsham Nature Recovery Network
Catriona is one of the pioneers of the Eynsham Nature Recovery Network (NRN) and is now the board Secretary. The Eynsham NRN is a community group that connects enthusiasts with ideas to local experts to protect and increase the biodiversity in the local area. The project has successfully expanded over the last year with a wide range of nature based projects. Since 2000 she has farmed Long Mead, one of the last fragments of original lowland wildflower hay meadows in the UK.
Catriona is an English writer and photographer and conservationist. In the 1980s she taught at Hubei University in Wuhan and also worked for the Ministry of Education of the Lhasa City Government and the Academy of Social Science of the Tibet Autonomous Region (RAT).
Catriona will be speaking to us about the Eynsham NRN and her work at Long Mead
The Summer Show Tuesday 22nd June &
The Annual Produce Show Sunday September 5th
The Summer Show and Annual Show Schedules are available to download here on the 'show schedules' page. We are hoping to be able to run the shows as normal. So please do print out the schedules and entry forms and prepare your exhibits as normal... Happy Gardening.
The Annual Produce Show Sunday September 5th
The Summer Show and Annual Show Schedules are available to download here on the 'show schedules' page. We are hoping to be able to run the shows as normal. So please do print out the schedules and entry forms and prepare your exhibits as normal... Happy Gardening.
Membership 2020-2021
Membership renewal is due for another year. Membership of the club runs from October 2020 to September 2021. Normal annual membership costs £18. This year we are offering our membership for just £10 for the year. Whilst we cannot guarantee when meetings will resume, we will do our best to organise some talks and other events on ZOOM whilst the village hall is closed. Our members also enjoy discounts at several local Garden Centres.
For details on how to pay your subscription this year, please get in touch:
email: lwgardenclub@gmail.com
Recent News:
Our ZOOM club Speaker on Tuesday 26th April was Geoff Hodge, who spoke about
“ Gardening with Climate Change - Gardening in the Global Greenhouse”
Geoff is a freelance gardening and horticultural writer, author, editor and radio broadcaster. He has been been in the horticultural and gardening industry for 29 years. We would like to thank Geoff for this incredibly informative and entertaining talk: Sometimes depressing but at other times up lifting: Geoff talked about the changes we are likely to face over the next 20 years... the plants that will suffer and the plants that will start to thrive.
We can start to expect milder and wetter winters, an earlier spring and hotter drier summers. We can also expect more severe weather events: stronger winds and floods. For this reason he recommended planting hedges rather than building fences.. and planting lots of ground cover to prevent flood damage. He also recommended that we install lots of ways to store water in the garden to use in the drier summer months.
Plants that will suffer include the wonderful snow drops, daffodils and the British lawn (all of which need colder weather to thrive). Fruit trees will also suffer if they don't get the winter chill they require to set fruit buds. However, Geoff reminded us that as gardeners we are flexible and can adapt to new conditions by growing new varieties and more drought resistant plants.
Plants that will thrive include buddleias, dogwoods and euphorbias. Any plant with a silver leaf or herbaceous plant with a scented leaf will thrive and we may be able to start growing more exotic plants like palms and bananas. Ending on a positive note he also said that the British wine producing industry should thrive.
“ Gardening with Climate Change - Gardening in the Global Greenhouse”
Geoff is a freelance gardening and horticultural writer, author, editor and radio broadcaster. He has been been in the horticultural and gardening industry for 29 years. We would like to thank Geoff for this incredibly informative and entertaining talk: Sometimes depressing but at other times up lifting: Geoff talked about the changes we are likely to face over the next 20 years... the plants that will suffer and the plants that will start to thrive.
We can start to expect milder and wetter winters, an earlier spring and hotter drier summers. We can also expect more severe weather events: stronger winds and floods. For this reason he recommended planting hedges rather than building fences.. and planting lots of ground cover to prevent flood damage. He also recommended that we install lots of ways to store water in the garden to use in the drier summer months.
Plants that will suffer include the wonderful snow drops, daffodils and the British lawn (all of which need colder weather to thrive). Fruit trees will also suffer if they don't get the winter chill they require to set fruit buds. However, Geoff reminded us that as gardeners we are flexible and can adapt to new conditions by growing new varieties and more drought resistant plants.
Plants that will thrive include buddleias, dogwoods and euphorbias. Any plant with a silver leaf or herbaceous plant with a scented leaf will thrive and we may be able to start growing more exotic plants like palms and bananas. Ending on a positive note he also said that the British wine producing industry should thrive.
The Spring Bulb Show was on Tuesday March 23rd... on ZOOM.
We would like to thank our club president Eva Rogers for giving us a fabulous talk on growing spring bulbs in the garden. Eva shared lots of practical tips; when to plant, what to choose and how to look after bulbs so they continue to look great year after year. Watering and feeding after they have flowered is important.. large clumps can be divided at this time too.. and of course don't cut the foliage down after flowering.. leave it to feed the bulb for next years blooms.
This year, at the show, we asked all our members to bring along their exhibit of 'A pot of bulbs supplied by the club': item number 16 in the show schedule. We looked at them one by one on ZOOM and our members described their successful shows of narcissi. It was agreed that this years bulbs were excellent quality, several members thought they had grown better than any other year. We would like to thank our guest judge. The winner with the best pot of bulbs was Brenda Edwards.
Our ZOOM club Speaker on Tuesday 23rd February was Andrew Mikolajski, who spoke about
“Permaculture for Gardeners”
Andrew is a horticultural consultant, writer and lecturer with over 20 years of experience. He is the author of over 40 gardening titles and an advisor to the RHS. Andrew is based in Northamptonshire where he runs gardening courses at Lamport Hall. His Talk explained the principles of permaculture, considering how to garden in a sustainable and ecologically harmonious manner.
Our ZOOM club Speaker on Tuesday 26th January was Darren Lerigo who spoke to us about
“Clippings - How to prune Topiary and Shrubs”
We would like to thank Darren for a very entertaining and interactive talk. Darren showed us fabulous pictures of topiary gardens up and down the country and discussed the difference between formal and organic topiary.
Darren provided lots of practical tips for creating clipped and shaped shrubs in the garden. He focused mainly on Box and Yew hedging, but also described other species that are good for clipping. The most important criteria for a shrub species to be clipped is that it must sprout from old wood. Darren answered questions about Box Blight, the fungal disease that harms boxwood: he recommended that pruning equipment always be cleaned with dilute bleach to prevent the spread of this disease. By far the worst affliction for boxwood, however, is the box caterpillar. The moth was introduced from Asia and is now a very widespread problem across England - it can destroy entire box pants rapidly. Darren recommended the use of nematodes to control the caterpillar and pheromone traps to catch the adult moths.
It was clear from Darren's wonderful presentation that clipped shrubs can make fabulous architectural impact, and create fun and interest in any garden.
Darren has written a guide 'How To Combat the Boxwood Caterpillar'. It can be viewed on the 'Practical gardening Tips' page of our website, along with news of brand new cultivars of blight-resistant Boxwood :
“Clippings - How to prune Topiary and Shrubs”
We would like to thank Darren for a very entertaining and interactive talk. Darren showed us fabulous pictures of topiary gardens up and down the country and discussed the difference between formal and organic topiary.
Darren provided lots of practical tips for creating clipped and shaped shrubs in the garden. He focused mainly on Box and Yew hedging, but also described other species that are good for clipping. The most important criteria for a shrub species to be clipped is that it must sprout from old wood. Darren answered questions about Box Blight, the fungal disease that harms boxwood: he recommended that pruning equipment always be cleaned with dilute bleach to prevent the spread of this disease. By far the worst affliction for boxwood, however, is the box caterpillar. The moth was introduced from Asia and is now a very widespread problem across England - it can destroy entire box pants rapidly. Darren recommended the use of nematodes to control the caterpillar and pheromone traps to catch the adult moths.
It was clear from Darren's wonderful presentation that clipped shrubs can make fabulous architectural impact, and create fun and interest in any garden.
Darren has written a guide 'How To Combat the Boxwood Caterpillar'. It can be viewed on the 'Practical gardening Tips' page of our website, along with news of brand new cultivars of blight-resistant Boxwood :
Members' Discounts
As a member of the Garden Club you can enjoy the following discounts on presentation of your Membership Card:
10% Cassington Nurseries, Cassington
10%Yarnton Nurseries and Garden Centre. Quote Number 60
10% Burford Garden Centre (Plants only). Collect Discount Card from Customer Services
10% A.K. Timms Brize Norton (Garden Centre Only)
10% Discount available also at Charlbury Garden Centre (Used to be known as Hill Top Nursery, Ramsden) On Tuesdays and Thursdays only – Members must enrol with the nursery to receive their own discount card.
The Club would like to thank all participating Nurseries for their continued support.
As a member of the Garden Club you can enjoy the following discounts on presentation of your Membership Card:
10% Cassington Nurseries, Cassington
10%Yarnton Nurseries and Garden Centre. Quote Number 60
10% Burford Garden Centre (Plants only). Collect Discount Card from Customer Services
10% A.K. Timms Brize Norton (Garden Centre Only)
10% Discount available also at Charlbury Garden Centre (Used to be known as Hill Top Nursery, Ramsden) On Tuesdays and Thursdays only – Members must enrol with the nursery to receive their own discount card.
The Club would like to thank all participating Nurseries for their continued support.