CLWB GARDDIO RHYDLEWIS & DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB: RHYDLEWIS GARDENING CLUB PROGRAMME 2024

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Welcome to our Gardening Club Rhydlewis and District Gardening Club has been around since the time of Adam and Eve. In fact, it is believed that one of our members planted and tended the very apple tree that gave rise to the pair being expelled from the garden!!

Whether this urban myth is true or not, the club is here to encourage, improve and extend the members' knowledge of all branches of horticulture. It is open to everyone and new members are all always welcome to come along.

Our activities during the year include a varied programme of talks and social events, summer garden visits, a plant sale, social gatherings/bbq and an annual open show in August.

RHYDLEWIS GARDENING CLUB PROGRAMME 2024

CLWB GARDDIO

RHYDLEWIS A’R CYLCH

RHYDLEWIS AND DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB

PROGRAMME

2024

UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED,

MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE

LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH

FROM 7.30pm - 9.00pm

AT THE RHYDLEWIS VILLAGE HALL

RAFFLE AND REFRESHMENTS INCLUDED

Officers 2023:

Club Chair - Paul Killick

Club Secretary - Nina Milton

Club Treasurer - Jim Milton

Show Secretary - Jane Puddephatt

Club President - Jenny Archibald

Tuesday January 30th, 7.30pm

AGM

Please come along and be an active part of the annual general meeting of your gardening club. Please bring your subscription fee of £10. New members welcome. Refreshments will be available during the meeting, with time to chat after the business is concluded

Tuesday February 27th 7.30pm

LOOKING AFTER THE TREES IN YOUR GARDEN

Respected local tree surgeon Paul Toft will give us hands-on talk abut the care you can give the trees in your garden, but they small or large, be they old or young, be they cherished or tolerated. Bring your tree related questions, particularly around pruning, disease and any worries about felling or maintaining the health of your trees.

Tuesday March 26th 7.30pm

SPRING SHOW

Celebrating the flowers of spring and handicrafts created over the winter months. Schedule available on the blog site and as a hard copy. Bring your exhibits from to the hall from 3.pm pm to 5.pm, before judging begins. Show starts at 7.30pm.

Tuesday April 30th 7.30pm

BETWEEN A BOG AND A HARD ROCK

Christina Shand of Dyffryn Fernant Gardens near Fishguard, will talk to us about how she started her garden in 1996, and how, over the years since then, she has been inspired to create the gardens, despite dealing with various inhospitable environments, making Dyffryn Fernant what it is today. Find out more at https://dyffrynfernant.co.uk

Thursday 23rd May 2024 at 10,30am.

NATURAL DYEING WITH GARDEN PLANTS

A morning hands-on visit of crafting and gardening interest. The Natural Dyeing Group at the Welsh Woollen Museum in Drefach Felindre has invited us to join them in one of their meetings, to walk around and talk about the plants they grow in their dyeing garden. There will be a demonstration of dyeing with garden plants. Do take advantage of this fun morning out, which includes optional lunch after the talk. (Further details nearer the time)

Tuesday May 28th from 7.30pm

THE RHYDLEWIS GARDEN PLANT SALE

Please bring your contributions, or come to buy lovely plants at great prices grown by our members to raise funds for the club. Please help by labelling everything you contribute: seeds, seedlings, plants &, gardening items. This will take place inside the Rhydlewis Hall and there will be the usual refreshments and raffle available.

Tuesday June 25th from 6pm

SUMMER PARTY

Gary and Jane Soltys will welcome us to their garden and house at Llainfran Fach, Nanternis, New Quay, SA45 9RR. As always we ask you to bring a dish, something to drink and, if at all possible, a little raffle prize. Partners and guests are always welcome at our parties. Further details nearer the date

Tuesday July 30th from 4pm

GARDEN VISIT: LLWYNGARREG

Llwyngarreg is a 4 acre garden near Whitland, owned by Liz and Paul O’Neill and part of the National Garden Scheme. We will be guided round the gardens, with tea and cake afterward. Costs, £10 per person (if you can’t stay for cake, it’s £6). Further details nearer the date.

Tuesday 27th August

PRODUCE SHOW

Staging from 3pm-5pm

Open to the public from 7.30pm

Anyone can enter with their flowers, produce, home baking and arts and crafts, but non-members will incur a small charge. Bring your entries for ‘staging’ in the afternoon. After judging the show will be open (free of charge )to the public from 7pm.. Do come to enjoy the fun and refreshments, auction and raffle. Further details and show schedule will be available from the April meeting.

Tuesday September 24th, 7.30pm

Discussion; “PESTS AND DISEASES”

A round-table discussion on how we all cope with pests and plant disease and how, in our different ways, we address the problem – how to do the least damage to the fragile eco system when you address pests and disease. Come and tell us your tips and tricks, and find out how others deal with these problems

Tuesday October 29th 7.30pm

HOUSEPLANTS FOR BEGINNERS

Ruth Bramley will give an illustrated talk on how to care for your houseplants, covering the vast variety of plants that can be brought inside to be enjoyed. .Do bring along any ‘difficult’ houseplants that you may have, and of course your questions on houseplant gardening.

Tuesday November 28th, 7.30pm

WINTER SOCIAL EVENING

We will complete the year with a festive meeting. Refreshments will be provided by the club, but do feel free to bring your own contributions of nibbles and choice of drinks to make this a great evening where we can relax and chat about gardening and anything else!

Open to all those interested in gardening

For further information please contact the secretary

Nina Milton on 01239 851096

Email her at ninahare00@googlemail.com

Or visit our blog at

http://rhydlewisgardeningclub.blogspot.co.uk/

Subscriptions of £10 per annum are to be paid at the AGM. New members joining later in the year will be asked for a reduced pro rata subscription.

Visitors are always welcome and there is no charge for the first visit but any non-members who come regularly will be asked to pay a small contribution (£2) towards the meeting.

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PAST WINNERS AT THE RHYDLEWIS GARDENING CLUB PRODUCE SHOW

2019 -- The prize winners were; Vegetable Challenge Cup – Janette Sharman; Floral Challenge Cup – Janette Sharman and Sara Redman; Homecraft Shield – Sara O’Conner; Best Onions Shield – Carrie Davies Best Exhibit in Vegetables and Fruit – Janette Sharman. 2018 --The prize winners were; Vegetable Challenge Cup -Jannette Sharman; Floral Challenge Cup – Kevin Myerscough; Homecraft Shield – Cindy Ackerman and Sara Redman; Roses Shield – Sara Redman; Best Onions Shield – Carrie Davies, Best Exhibit in Vegetables and Fruit – Jannette Sharman. 2016 --- vegetable Challenge Cup - JANETTE SHARMAN floral cup - DILYS DAVIES Rose Shield - SARA REDMAN D&G Williams Shield - Most points in the Homecraft classes - VICKY WADE JT Memorial Shield - Best exhibit in class 10 - 3 cooking onions - CARRIE DAVIES 2015 -- Challenge Cup (most points gained in vegetable and fruit classes) Janette Sharman, Rhydlewis. Floral Prize (most points gained in the floral classes) Jenny Archibald, Newcastle Emlyn. Roses Shield for class 33 Marg Fogg, Tregroes. D & G Williams Shield (most points gained in homecraft section) Vicky Wade, Brongest. 2014 -- Vegetable and floral Challenge Cups,Janette Sharman Roses Shield and the D&G Williams Shield, Pam Evens and

RECIPIES

Have you got a recipe you use to take care of the gluts of veg, fruit, even flowers, in the garden? We already have ideas which range from chocolate beetroot cake, courgette tea loaf and broad been humus. If you have a recipe you'd like to share with the club, please type it out and hand to Liz Blackler or send as an attachment to liz_blackler@hotmail.com.

Liz is going to collate our recipe collection so that at every meeting (but especially during harvest time!) we can take home a new idea for enjoying our fruit and veg abundance.

RHYDLEWIS GARDENING TIPS

ROSES

Richard came from Farmyard Nurseries to give some secrets on growing roses in West Wales.

His top tip was; avoid tea and floribunda, which will ball up every time it rains and go for classifications that will survive; Rosa Rugosa, Bourbon and ramblers, rather than climbers.

SEEDS

Speaker Malcolm Berry gave a great talk on saving seeds in January 2014. His top tips for seed propagation are;

1/ Never try to save F1 seeds; the strain is too weak

2/ Start with easy veg seeds, like beans and peas, which you can leave on the vine until they're dry

3/Dry seeds in air (use muslin bags)

4/ Store in an airtight container with a silicone bag (or dried rice) to take away moisture

5/ Store in a cool dry dark environment (he recommends your fridge!)

7/ Do a 'control' test of ten seeds on damp kitchen roll to find your percentage germination

PESTS

New member Vicky has a great tip to help control slugs; using old plastic pots or jam jars, add sugar and a pinch of dried yeast to a slurp of orange juice or beer and sink the pot into the earth near your precious plants. The slugs happily make their slimy way towards the pub, and 'drop' in for a drink! Change daily, and works most effectively on rainy days and if recharged at dusk.

TOOLS

Jilly Hollins, of Waun LLan, recommends you always carry a pair of secateurs about your person, so that you never 'tear or break' when you spot a plant that needs a trim or a dead-head

PESTS

Mothballs, crumbled and complete covered by soil/bulb fibre, will keep mice away from your tulip bulbs.

TOOLS

Jilly also has a money-saving tip for flower-arrangers; search the charity shops for pretty vessels, such as teapots and ramekins. Then, if you want to offer your arrangement as a gift, you won't need to have the pot back

PESTS

Slugs hate ash, so if you light a fire, use the clearings around your precious plants to keep them off. We know they also hate coffee grounds, etc, but ash is often available in larger quantities!

FRUIT

Ash is also a renown source of potash, so most people use it under their fruit trees and soft fruit buses.

PESTS

Monty Don recommends a humane treatment for moles and their hills...Moles cause a huge amount of damage...but I like moles. I think that they are beautiful. I always hate it when the cats catch them...because they seem such harmless, special animals - in the same catagory as otters, badgers or field mice. Monty says the molehills make good potting compost - we've already discovered that trick - and that although the desecration might feel vast it is usually only one mole in spring at mating time as they are otherwise solitary animals...I refuse to trap them...I think the only solution is to live and let tunnel...(he says inThe Complete Gardiner...Moles cause a huge amount of damage...but I like moles. I think that they are beautiful. I always hate it when the cats catch them...because they seem such harmless, special animals - in the same catagory as otters, badgers or field mice. Monty says the molehills make good potting compost - we've already discovered that trick - and that although the desecration might feel vast it is usually only one mole in spring at mating time as they are otherwise solitary animals...I refuse to trap them...I think the only solution is to live and let tunnel...he says inThe Complete Gardiner...Moles cause a huge amount of damage...but I like moles. I think that they are beautiful. I always hate it when the cats catch them...because they seem such harmless, special animals - in the same catagory as otters, badgers or field mice. Monty says the molehills make good potting compost - we've already discovered that trick - and that although the desecration might feel vast it is usually only one mole in spring at mating time as they are otherwise solitary animals...I refuse to trap them...I think the only solution is to live and let tunnel...(The Complete Gardener)

MEMBER'S POSTS

Grass-free lawn opens in London park

A floral, scented lawn, planted in a west London park provides a better habitat for pollinating insects than traditional grass, according to researchers.

The grass-free lawn, which is believed to be the first in a public park, was the brainchild of PhD researcher Lionel Smith from the University of Reading and was commissioned for the park by Kensington and Chelsea council.

Mr Smith told BBC News how he devised the lawn and explains that its plants, which include daisies red-flowering clover, thyme, chamomile, pennyroyal and Corsican mint, create a "pollinator-friendly patchwork" - with 25% more insect life than that found in "traditionally managed grass lawns".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22846419

Grass Free Lawns Revisited

Richard and Susan Edmunds are creating a small grass free lawn at their house Tir-y-c-coed in Pontgarreg. If you're intrigued, go the the grass free lawns website below.

Richard has been on the lookout for suitable plants to mow at approx 3" height and traveled down to...

Moorland Cottage Plants.

We are a small hardy plant nursery and garden located in the upland region of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, positioned at 700 feet above sea level on the wild, northern slopes of the Preseli mountains, an area famous for its Neolithic monuments and remains of iron/bronze age settlements. The nursery and garden both offer magnificent views over the vast open hillsides, moorland and the acid bog below.

The nursery and garden have featured in the national gardening press and have received coverage on both national and local television.

Address: Moorland Cottage Plants, Rhyd y Groes, Brynberian, Crymych, Pembrokeshire, SA41 3TT Telephone: 01239 891363

Contact: Jennifer Matthews

10.30-5.30 daily except WednesdaysPlant Nursery Opening Times

March 1^st to September 30^th

10.30-4.30 daily except WednesdaysGarden Opening Times

Mid May to September 30^th

http://www.grassfreelawns.co.uk/links.html

Garden to Visit

Local Garden Centres and Nurseries

Farmyard Nurseries, Llandysul - 01559 363 389 - email: richard@farmyard nurseries.co.uk
Farmyard Nurseries specialise in a wide range of unusual plants especially hellebores, herbaceous and perennial plants, shrubs, trees and alpines

Trefhedyn Garden Centre - Newcastle Emlyn -
Wide range of plants, shrubs and trees, pots and garden containers, gardening equipment. When you go there tell Roger to get his website up and running so we can link to it!!

Penrallt Garden Centre and Nurseries - Moylegrove Cardigan - 01239 881 295
Set in 70 acres of farmland, woodland and coastal walks, the 3-acre nursery site has a vast area of glasshouses and tunnels - providing the ideal conditions for the enormous range of home-grown plants.

Gwynfor Growers - Pontgarreg nr Llangrannog - 01239 654 151
The nursery has a good range of herbaceous perennials, scented shrubs, climbers, and herbs. Many are unusual or rare. Plants for exposed sites, damp and shady places, and dry and sunny coastal gardens.

Penlan Perennials Nursery - Llandysul - 01239 711 102
Penlan Perennials is a specialist peat free nursery, propagating and growing over 750 choice plants for the eco-conscious gardener.

Saflora Plants, Lampeter - 01570 422 924 - email: nursery@safloraplants.com
Mail order nursery specialising in plants and seeds from South Africa and Australia, in particular the protea and amaryllis plant families - Not open to the public - shop online.

Dyffryn Gwyddno Nursery, Narberth, Pembrokeshire - 01834 861684
Produces and sells its own Pembrokeshire bamboos and a range of other unusual plants - hardy and exotic.

Carmarthen Tree Nursery, Carmarthenshire - 01267 275 254
Quality cell-grown seedlings, grown in West Wales using British seed - specialises in local provenance seedlings.

Local Garden Clubs and Societies

Hardy Plant Society Email: hpswestwales@zoomshare.com
Programme and News. All talks at Trinity Church Community Hall, Church Street, Newcastle Emlyn.
Pentrecwrt & District Garden & Countryside Club, Llandysul - 01559 362 975 Email: mail@rogerwgadams.idps.co.uk
Pentrecwrt & District Garden and Countryside Club has 40 members and meets in the village hall each month on the third Tuesday at 7.30PM.

National institutions

Organic growing

Plants

Help & Advice

Garden wildlife

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