20th February 2025 • The HERALD • Page 53 v THE NEXT HERALD IS OUT ON 13TH MARCH v DOWN THE GARDEN PATH SPADEWORK Family Landscaping & Fencing Team ] Decking & Natural Sandstone Paving ] Patios ] Driveways ] Block Paving ] Turfing ] All Types of Domestic & Commercial Fencing ] Security Fencing Supplied & Fitted Tel: (023) 8089 4909 Mobile: 07703 566814 u Free Estimates u Fully Insured • 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 Registerd Waste Carrier Licence CBDU374716 H Fully Insured H Evening: 01794 522092 Daytime Mobile: 07511 863693 Email: treefellers@gmx.com 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 Bartley Horticultural Society’s next meeting is on Thursday 20th February for a talk by Brian Pettit titled ‘Capturing the Moment’, followed on Thursday 20th March for a talk by Darren Everest titled ‘Sweet Pears’. Meetings take place on the third Thursday of the month at Copythorne Parish Hall, Pollards Moor Road, Copythorne SO40 2NW at 7.30pm. New members and visitors are always welcome. Visitor’s fee applies. For more information you can write to them at: Mavis Cottage, Pollards Moor Road, Copythorne, SO40 2NZ, call: 07789 352505 or visit their website: www.bartleyhs.org.uk Capturing the Moment A local beekeeper needs to nd a new location for her beehives. If you live within 5/6 miles of Hythe and would like a couple of beehives in your orchard/ eld or large garden to help with pollination please get in contact on: 07786 732043. e hives would be managed by a very experienced beekeeper. Can You Help a Local Beekeeper? OUR FUTURE YEAR AT FORESTERS FLOWER CLUB by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club Having said goodbye to January, we look forward to spring and the year ahead. Foresters have planned an interesting programme for 2025. We remind you that visitors are always very welcome. 6th March: AGM, social, including quiz. 3rd April: Alison Finch, Demonstration. 1st May: Cream Tea Outing. 5th June: Gill Horner, Demonstration. 3rd July: Carole Norman, Presentation. August no meeting. 4th September: Sue Wall, Demonstration. 2nd October: In House Promenade. 6th November: Jo Richards, Demonstration. 4th December: Christmas Party. Coming into February I plan my ideas for my vegetable and ower gardens, encouraging thoughts and requests from my husband and granddaughter. Collecting my ideas, I make a plot drawing and plan what will be planted where and when. Seeds and plants are available at garden centres/magazines/online. A warm windowsill is perfect for starting the more tender plants from seed. Cosmos, nigella (love in the mist), poppies, wild ower mixes are really useful for ower arranging. Ornamental fruit and vegetables can be useful additions for arrangements and competition work. If space is limited, large pots and troughs can be really useful and growing our own is economical, as well as very self-satisfying. Children love to be involved and growing plants becomes an exciting, useful and educational experience. Let’s see what fun we can have and what we can achieve over the next year! All meetings are held at 7.30pm, at Copythorne Parish Hall, SO40 2NZ. For more information: Debbie Thorne 07769 830752. Right: A floral hairband made for my granddaughter with flowers from the garden 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 11th March for a talk titled ‘Alternatives to Peat’ by Ray Broughton. Visitors are very welcome at £2.50; for more information about the club, call Susanna on: 023 8029 2953. Alternatives to Peat Beaulieu and District Gardening Club Beaulieu and District Gardening Club (previously known as Beaulieu Horticultural Society) will be holding their Spring Show on Saturday 29th March at East Boldre Village Hall, the show opens 2.15pm. Free entry. Their next meeting takes place on Thursday 24th April, 7.30pm, at Beaulieu Village Hall, for a talk by Andy McIndoe titled ‘Designing and Planting a Small Garden’. Membership is £10 per annum. Membership secretary Lynne Hubbard 01590 612408 . Visitors welcome to talks £4.
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