Herald - Issue 409

Page 54 • The HERALD • 15th July 2021 v GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE HERALD v THE TREE & LANDSCAPE WIZARD All aspects of tree surgery, garden maintenance and landscaping undertaken Family run business for over 20 years No Job Too Big or Small Please call 07552 977731 for a Free Quotation | DOWN THE GARDEN PATH | Lost Gardens of Heligan Now that the future is looking brighter, Blackfield Gardening Club is delighted to announce that they plan to resume their meetings in the Autumn, all taking place on the second Tuesday in the month. e rst meeting will be on Tuesday 14th September when Christine Bennett will be presenting an illustrated talk on the ‘Lost Gardens of Heligan’. Subsequently on Tuesday 12th October Martin Perry will be presenting ‘Friends with Bene ts’ (Companion planting) and, on Tuesday 9th November Ron Taylor will be tracing the ora and fauna around Southampton Water from Broadlands to Spithead. All meetings start at 7.30pm at St Francis Church Hall, St Francis Road (off West Common) Langley, SO45 1XP. ey are really looking forward to seeing members and visitors again (visitors £2). Enquiries please call 023 8024 3795. A Call For Volunteers to Help Look After Your Local Environment Hythe & Dibden Woodland Group are a small bunch of volunteers who meet on the rst Sunday each month at 10am to improve the local area. Members carry out various tasks in the couple of hours they get together, which include litter picking, cutting back the vegetation along the pathways to ensure the way is kept open, small repairs to wooden bridges and making bird boxes. ere are now over 40 bird boxes in Tates Wood, Lower Butts Ash Wood and Shore Road which give birds a cosy place to raise their young. An owl box has been sited in Tates Wood but only stock doves have nested in it so far. As with most volunteer groups new people are always welcome and if you would like to join the group please get in contact. e group is insured and supply tools to carry out the small tasks. Please email: foresta6@btinternet.com if you would like to help the group. You can also nd Hythe & Dibden Woodland Group on Facebook: facebook. com/HytheAndDibdenWoodlandGroup Sadly, due to the change in covid guidelines, they were unable to have the ploughman’s lunch planned for Tuesday 13th July which was very disappointing. ey will now start on 14th September with a demonstration by Katie Baxter. ey have a programme which will take them to February 2022 when the AGM will be held. Hopefully, they will be able to keep to this programme without further restrictions. ey look forward to catching up with you in September and in the meantime keep well and enjoy the summer. Please call Jan Gordon on 023 8084 4835 for more information. Blackfield Flower Club Update