Page 54 • The HERALD • 26th October 2023 v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ RYAN FENCING Quality Fencing & Gates 07769 706516 • 023 8084 1203 www.ryan-fencing.co.uk • Find us on Facebook 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 Fred Hurst 023 8084 2191 or 07761 467217 • Grass Cutting • Garden Clearance • Hedge Cutting • Fallen Trees Cleared • Mini Digger Hire with Operator • Property Clearance • Small Demolition • Tractor Flail Cutting FULLY INSURED v FREE QUOTATIONS D. King & Son Garden Services ✿ 25 Years Experience ✿ ✿ Registered Waste Carrier ✿ ✿ All Areas Covered ✿ Free Estimates Tel: 07831 091239 david.king63@aol.co.uk ‘BRING AND DO’ EVENING by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club 5th October was our in-house workshop. Our chairman, Marion, set the task of us all creating 1 to 3 designs. We could use bio oral foam/ pin holders/ chicken wire/’ oral frogs’ etc; whichever mechanics we would like to use. I used a pin holder to secure my plant material. Our challenge was to make a design incorporating no more than 3 ower blooms. Marion started the evening with a demonstration of 3 designs using di erent mechanics. with lichen, a central matsumi branch (bleached colour, and velvet texture), agapanthus seed heads (not a ower) and 3 white chrysanthemum blooms at di erent heights facing di erent directions, which balance the weight of the base. Gorgeous. Marion’s 3rd design used oral bio foam in a blue and white china terrine. e foam stood 3cm above the rim. Foliage and plant material from the garden included greys to link the blue on the pot, viburnum berriesblack, snowberries, and three white chrysanthemum blooms. e blooms were replaced at di erent heights, di erent recessions and faced in di erent directions to give interest in depth. Finally, was an orange hand tie – an idea for Halloween. Again using garden foliage, thick dried grasses, twigs (including sprayed black), and 3 orange gerberas. Delightful and seasonal. A er the demonstration, we all set to work and in just under an hour a stage full of di erent beautiful oral creations had been made – all shapes, sizes and colours. All using mainly foliage from the garden and no more than three blooms. Some just foliage. Fantastic. Refreshments were served as an exciting bottle ra e occurred. Our wonderful Lin had gi wrapped numerous bottles – spirits, wines, so drinks – lucky winners! Our next meetings are: 2nd November: Presentation by Martin Young ‘Autumn and Winter Colour.’ (plants available to buy), Saturday 25th November: Christmas Workshop-AM and PM. 7th December: Demonstration ‘All that Glitters’. By Graham King. Please follow us on Facebook: ‘Foresters Flower Club Copythorne’. For information about the Christmas Workshop contact: foresters owerclub@gmail.com e rst design used a pin holder secured in a rustic pot, which looked like a silver birch log. A bunch of pussywillow was made into a half fan shape by attaching a weight to a few branches to pull them gently into a curve. 2 white chrysanthemum blooms were used, one above the other, to nish the design. Around the base was sisal and a few small crabapples, linking the green stems into the design. Stunning! Design 2 was a dark textured pot with chicken wire mechanics (folded into an S shape and scrunched into the pot). A vertical design was created using silverbirch, fallen branches, adorned Woodlands Gardening Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings start at 7.30pm at Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh. eir next meeting takes place on Tuesday 14th November for a talk by Gillian Taylor titled ‘For the love of roses’. Visitors are very welcome at £2.50; for more information about the club, call Susanna on: 023 8029 2953. For the Love of Roses
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