24th April 2025 • The HERALD • Page 55 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v Locally owned landscape and maintenance company who offer excellent workmanship, value, and customer service. Contact Ralph on 07775 726135 www.apex-landscaping.co.uk • rperry16@sky.com • Decking • Fencing and Gates • Complete Landscaping • Paving • Brick Work • Block Paving and Driveways • Hedge and Tree Work •Turfing • Shed and Summerhouse Bases • Shingle Beds and Artificial Lawns • Paving and Block Paving Cleaning and Repair DOWN THE GARDEN PATH All Aspects of Garden Work Undertaken • Driveways • Paving • Artificial Grass • Turfing • Decking • Fencing • Hedge Cutting • Landscaping Hythe Garden Contractors Family company established 1977 For a free quotation please call 023 8084 3556 or 023 8084 0378 To advertise your business in The Herald, contact Sue on 023 8084 0815 or email: sjones@herald-publishing.co.uk BEE BONANZA AT COURTENS GARDEN CENTRE from Courtens Garden Centre e decline in our pollinators has been dramatic and is an ever increasing problem for the food and plant industries. Many insect pollinators are disappearing from areas of Britain and as gardeners, we can do our bit to help. Courtens Garden Centre, in Whiteparish, is restocking with plants for pollinators. Specialising in herbs, wild owers, fruit, perennials and fragrant shrubs which attract bees, butter ies, moths and hover ies amongst others. A special day - A Bee Bonanza - will be happening on Saturday 10th May at Courtens to help inform and encourage their customers to do their bit to help save the pollinators and make friends with the bees. Meet e Bumble Bee Conservation Trust, e Pollinator Pioneers, a colony of bees and a bee hotel maker. Bee and lavender products will be on sale and something di erent in the cafe. Buy a ra e ticket to have the chance to win a beautiful potted patio blueberry plant with all proceeds going to e Bumble Bee Conservation Trust. (Exhibitors may be subject to change). So buzz along to Courtens, Romsey Road, Whiteparish, SP5 2SD on 10th May. Bee there or bee square! Growing Roses Bartley Horticultural Society’s next meeting is on Thursday 15th May for a talk by Glenn Duggan titled ‘Growing Roses’. ey are planning a visit for their June meeting. Followed on Thursday 17th July for a talk by Charlotte Popescu titled ‘In Praise of Apples’. On Saturday 3rd May they will be holding a Plant Sale. 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
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