Kintbury & District Horticultural Society

Tuesday 17th January - Social Evening

Tuesday 21st February - Bulb Show – Primulas & Auriculas - Alan Edmondson 

Tuesday 13th March - The Art of Botanical Illustration - Jenny Jowett

7th - 9th April - Crofton Spring Show & Open Days at Crofton Beam Engines. 10.30am to 5.00pm

Tuesday 17th April - Spring Show – Ornamental Vegetable Gardening - Sally Gregson, Mill Cottage Plants 

Saturday 19th May - Plant Sale - 10am-12pm. Admission £1 includes coffee & biscuits. Plants, Cakes, Raffle, Garden Sundries. Proceeds towards the staging of the Annual Show in August.

Thursday 31st May - Spring Outing to Mottisfont and four gardens in Stockbridge. Members will be going by car. Pick ups can be arranged - contact Bridget (657586).

Tuesday 12th June - Summer Show – Oxford Botanical Gardens The First 391 Years - Timothy Walker

Tuesday 10th July - Phlox Paniculata: History and Cultivation - Jennifer Harmer

Tuesday 17th July - Garden Visit - Jenny Jowett's garden at West Silchester Hall, Silchester

Saturday 4th August - Annual Show

Tuesday 11th September - Autumn Show – Garden History - Barbara Askew

Tuesday 9th October - Digitalis - Terry Baker, The Botanic Nursery, Melksham

Tuesday 13th November - Joint meeting with Wildlife Group - Flowers & Birds of Little Tibet - Christopher Chadwell

Tuesday 27th November - AGM – Mulled Wine and Mince Pies.

17th April 2012

The Saturday morning Plant Sale raised £345, which will go towards the expenses of the Annual Show in August. Tables in the hall were filled with a very good selection of healthy plants grown and given by members and friends. Help was on hand as usual for all sorts of gardening advice. It was a little disappointing that attendance was down on last year.

17th April 2012

Our President, Peter Moreton, kindly agreed to judge the Spring Show. There were over 40 entries with Judy Wilson gaining most points. It was lovely to see the beautiful display of tulips, narcissi, hellebores, flowering shrubs and other spring flowers. For an arrangement, Shirley Dancey's Easter Bonnet was especially attractive.

Sally Gregson from Mill Cottage Plants, Wookey, Somerset, gave a very good illustrated talk with lots of ideas on ornamental vegetable growing. Her photos showed some beautiful examples of colourful gardens planted with unusual vegetables interspersed with flowers to encourage bees. Other flowers creating borders to discourage harmful insects included chives and French marigolds. She brought along a good selection of unusual plants from her nursery for sale.