14th July 2022 • The HERALD • Page 53 v THE HERALD - Your Community Magazine v A J GLEESON BUILDING & GROUNDWORK DRIVEWAYS EXTENSIONS BRICKWORK GROUNDWORK BLOCK PAVING Colours & Designs to suit your requirements Local Work Available to View CALL FOR A FREE QUOTATION New Forest & Southampton 023 8084 4180 Mobile: 07770 771475 Bramdene, Main Road, Dibden, Southampton ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ RYAN FENCING Quality Fencing & Gates 07769 706516 • 023 8084 1203 www.ryan-fencing.co.uk • Find us on Facebook Smithwood Landscaping Professional Gardening & Landscaping • Garden Redesign • Astro Turf • Trees & Shrubs Carefully Pruned • Rockeries Designed • Fencing • Ground Cover • Seasonal Tidy Ups No Job Too Small as I am a Local Gardener Any advice over the phone is freely given Contact Gary (Master Landscaper) 07707 433194 • All types of trees expertly felled, topped & pruned • Stump Grinding • Hedges pruned & trimmed • Lawns Laid • Fencing & garden work • Rubbish Clearance • Patios & drives jet-washed • Patios & Drives resurfaced or replaced H Fully Insured H Evening: 01794 522092 Daytime Mobile: 07946 513633 Email: treefellers@gmx.com BLACKFIELD FLOWER CLUB lights were switched on inside the tree, quite magical. A wonderful demonstration giving members lots of creative ideas for making their own containers. Black eld Flower Club meetings take place the second Tuesday of the month at 2pm at the Royal British Legion Club, Exbury Road, Black eld SO45 1XD. e next meeting will take place on Tuesday 13th September when Bronda Dossett will be giving a talk entitled ‘Dance’. For more details, please call Jan Gordon on 023 8084 4835. Graham King, NAFAS demonstrator from Surrey was welcomed to the June meeting with a demonstration entitled ‘Pure Fantasy’. Graham creates amazing containers using lots of wire and wool. e container for the rst design was very delicate in shades of pink. Acascadewas created using various types of grey foliage together with pale pink calla lilies, pale pink antirrhinums, pink and green chrysanthemums, large pink roses and gysophila completing this fantasy design. Graham had created a tall cone decorated with mostly orange wool. Bergenia leaves, gold conifer, lonicera and heuchera were inserted. Orange gerberas, peach roses, pale pink spray roses and cerise pink spray carnations were added and to add interest small round balls of orange sisal were placed in amongst the plant material. An arrangement in a smaller cone completed this design. Two tilted silver picture frames mounted on a stand came next. Hebe and asparagus fern were added together with deep pink callas, cerise carnations, purple lisianthus, spray roses and sea lavender. A trail of lime green amaranthus was added together with some green hypericum berries. For this design Graham had created a large disc covered with pieces of very shiny silver fablon. A hole to one side of the disc had been made. Graham added a cerise melted pot scourer to drape down the design and then added lime green amaranthus and some cerise gerberas. A tall metal stand with a design of slanting wool covered wire in shades of pink was used for this design. Fatsia leaves were placed to one side with phormium leaves placed lower down. Brachyglottis, rubus tricolour and dark red heuchera was added together with mauve carnations, mauve roses, spray roses and some sea lavender to complete the design. For the nal design, Graham had created a large tree from wire covered with dark brown wool and some butter ies attached. Autumn colours were used for this design to complement the colour of the tree. Foliage was inserted at the top of the tree including bergenia, eucalyptus and some copper physocarpus. Orange gerberas, peach carnations, alstromeria, red spray roses and red hypericum berries were added and, to complete this design, twinkling Graham King Grand Open Day look around the garden at the same time. The Healthy Haven Garden at the Waterside Medical Practice are holding their Grand Open Day on Saturday 23rd July from 10am to 3pm. ere will be a variety of craft stalls. Three performances by Praizin’ Hand Puppets Group. Food stalls including Ethel’s Pies, Harvey’s Cheese and Sweets, Surrey ice creams, cakes and other refreshments. Chantelle’s School of Dancing will be putting on a performance (10am). e music includes a Ukulele group (from 10.30am), Summer Worsley with 60’s and Country music (from 12.30pm) and Andrew Rance singing and on the keyboard (from 2pm). Balmer Lawn Honda of Dibden Purlieu will have some cars on display. is is the rst open day that the garden is having since it opened in May 2019 and they want to showcase the Healthy Haven Garden and let the whole community enjoy it and have some fun. Please do go along on the day and enjoy a
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