Page 54 • The HERALD • 15th February 2024 v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ FIRST HALF HOUR FREE for gardening on production of this advertisment (Valid to 29th February 2024) • Patios • Decking • Turfing/Astro • Fencing/Gates • Outbuildings • All aspects of Gardening • Pergolas and all timber frame work • Sheds 07593 423276 • www.heronslandscaping.co.uk cameron@heronslandscaping.co.uk ✁ ✁ 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 Hythe Flower Club teacher and award winning designer that they are lucky to have as a member of their club. The theme was supermarket flowers and recycled, repurposed containers. All achievable by even inexperienced flower arrangers. The simplest was various jam jars of different sizes. The bodies of the jars were covered in hessian and one bunch of mixed flowers used to great effect. With the addition of garden foliage, 7 jam jars looked so pretty. Next were three tins (baked bean size). Mounted on card in a boomerang shape, although could be any shape. Papier-Mache covered the tins then sprayed grey with hints of silver. Once the tins were filled with tulips, roses, statis, chrysanthemums, golden rod grid. A lovely spring design using hyacinths, tulips, iris and daffodils with a small amount of greenery made an effective arrangement. Using a moss covered ring previously a Christmas door decoration came next with plants and bulbs in moss using the Kokedama method. Something the club members were unfamiliar with and proved interesting. Finally a traditional design using an urn, lots of greenery including Palm leaves, ceanothus and viburnum. Orange gerberas, yellow Alstromeria, pink roses and purple stocks made for a stunning arrangement. A relaxing informative evening thoroughly enjoyed by everyone. Thank you Mala, Their next meeting is on Thursday 14th March for A Celebration of Nature’s Bounty. They meet at Hythe and Dibden Parish Hall on the second Thursday of the month (except August). 6.45pm for 7.30pm and visitors are always warmly welcomed. and greenery there was an arrangement admired by all. Everyone has a glass vase in the cupboard but some are not always a perfect shape for arranging flowers. The answer is to use cellotape to make a grid across the top, making the process simple. A useful tip which they will all use in the future. An arrangement of Alstromeria and germinis reinforced the idea demonstrated. A low coffee table design was made of a plastic tray covered in moss and wire On Thursday 11th January Hythe Flower Club had an in house demonstration from Mala Williams, a NAFAS Beaulieu Horticultural Society will meet on Thursday 7th March, 7.30pm, talk by Ray Broughton on ‘Vegetable and Herb Gardens’ at Beaulieu Village Hall. Membership is £10 per annum (no additional charge for members at talks) for membership details please contact Lynne Hubbard on: 01590 612408 or email: lynnehbd@aol.com Visitors are welcome to the talks for £2. Vegetable and Herb Gardens
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