v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v 25th June 2026 • The HERALD • Page 61 DOWN THE GARDEN PATH • HEDGE CUTTING • FENCING • PATIOS • TURFING • GARDEN CLEARANCES & MORE For a FREE quotation please call 023 8122 4550 or 07548 355262 AUTUMN LEAF GARDEN WORKS 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 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 07920 794587 YOU CAN DO THIS! by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club ere was much enthusiasm and a great attendance at our last Foresters Flower Club meeting. e hall tables were set up in a U shape with Marion’s table at the top, to enable everyone to see. All we had to bring was scissors! Everything else was provided – container, mechanics, owers and twigs. Marion explained the di erent forms of oristry “mechanics” used to hold the owers in position within the container. Our mechanics were sand - builders sand, damp, not wet. Children’s play sand isn’t suitable as it’s treated for hygienic reasons. Sand is not suitable for all owers, but spring owers do well. Coincidentally, the ancient Egyptians used sand for ower arrangements. Marion demonstrated with clear explanation how to achieve a contemporary spring arrangement. e container was a matt black square tin. It had a lid to cover the sand once nished. e sand can be reused. We had birch twigs to help stabilise the tulips, as they continue to grow, and arranged those rst. We all had ve yellow Dutch tulips which had been kept out of water to prolong their life. We were also given three bluey-purple cilia owers, or deep violet status, to arrange amongst the yellow tulips. To keep the eye roaming, the tulips were arranged at di erent heights and facing di erent directions. e blue/violet owers complimented and made the tulips “pop” being the opposite side of the colour wheel. Marion also demonstrated a spring urn arrangement with sand as a future idea. She used two branches curving inwards, three iris sibirica following the curves of the branches and three euphorbia stems. About ve crocosmia/ mondretia leaves were added, the top cut at an angle for a modern look. Sand is an excellent medium for minimalist spring, vertical arrangements. It’s also useful for autumnal One of the finished arrangements twigs, seedheads, teasels etc which can have berries and glitter added for a Christmas display. Next meetings: 2nd July: demonstration by Carol Staples, 3rd September: Garden Party, 1st October: Demonstration by Katie Baxter - Tales From e Marion demonstrating Cutting Garden. For more information contact Debbie orne on: 07769 830752.
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