Herald - Issue 408

Page 48 • The HERALD • 24th June 2021 v GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE HERALD v Contact Nick 07825 662955 or 023 8017 3186 (office) • Local Domestic and Commercial Tree Surgeons • Hedging work • Tree reductions • Thinning • Tree dismantles • Arboricultural reports and Surveys • Fencing Free no obligation quotation, and free advice E: enquiries@langleyarb.com W: www.langleyarb.com For All Your Gardening Needs General Garden Maintenance Overgrown Gardens Cleared Existing Garden Makeovers Areas Re-designed and Re-planted Hard Features Created Garden Coaching Lawn Care and Turfing Fencing Erected and Repaired Contact Paul on 07794 122065 | DOWN THE GARDEN PATH | Foresters Flower Club is excited to be re-opening on Thursday 1st July, 7.30pm at Copythorne Parish Hall, SO40 2NZ (COVID-19 allowing and incorporating COVID-Secure measures). Monthly programme is as follows: 1st July – Demonstration by M & M and social evening 5th August - Practical Evening 2nd September - to be con rmed 7th October – Show Night (bring your own oral displays - not compulsory! Competition to raise money for charities). 4th November – Presentation by Pip Bensley 2nd December – Christmas Party – owers, fun and games! Please remember to bring your own refreshments. Summer is coming and we can all become more sociable. Knowing about edible owers could spice up a salad and make a colourful treat for the eyes or make pretty cake or dessert decorations. Things to try: Hollyhock petals and leaves, a mild marshmallow avour. Use in salads and sh dishes. Lavender owers have a strong avour which can be bitter. Use sparingly in biscuits, scones and herbal teas. Rose petals are rich in antioxidants. Nasturtium owers and leaves have a peppery avour. Use in salads, stir-fries and curries. Sun ower buds, petals and seeds. ey have a nutty avour which can be bitter. Use in bread, biscuits, cakes, as a vegetable (steam). Viola, whole ower, mildly sweet. Can be used to decorate cakes, as a garnish, or in salads and sandwiches. Carnation petals have a peppery/clove like avour and can be used in salads, meat dishes or desserts e.g. cheesecakes. Pansies whole owers, mildly sweet avour. Use as a garnish, salads, sandwiches, cake decorations and fruit salads. Have fun livening up your plates! For further information contact Debbie Thorne on: 07769 830752, they look forward to welcoming you back! Foresters Flower Club – On Course to Re-Open! Edible flowers add sunshine to any plate Black eld Flower Club are looking forward to the Summer and less restrictions now that the vaccination programme is proceeding at such a rate and they hope will be able to have meetings again. With this in mind, they are planning to have a social meeting on Tuesday 13th July , if restrictions allow, to catch up with the members. More details about this nearer the time. e Club have plans for demonstrations, etc. up to December but this will be very much dependent on the situation a er the Summer. In the meantime they can all enjoy better weather and a bit more freedom to get out and about and appreciate the delights of Spring. For more information please call Jan Gordon on: 023 8084 4835. BLACKFIELD FLOWER CLUB UPDATE