Herald - Issue 420

Page 46 • The HERALD • 10th March 2022 v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v 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 F ree E stimates u F ully I nsured 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 ❀ Grass cutting ❀ Strimming ❀ Edging ❀ Weeding ❀ Pruning ❀ Hedge tidy ❀ Weed spraying ❀ Flower planting Fully insured - Clean DBS - PA1/PA6 spray licence -Registered waste licence 07340 633272 info@ajsgardenmaintenance.co.uk Telephone Richard 023 8084 9637 | Grass Cutting | Edges Trimmed | Hedge Trimming | PRESSURE WASHING OF DECKS, PATIOS & DRIVES | FENCE & SHEDS PAINTED QuickSmart Garden Services Professional & Reliable | DOWN THE GARDEN PATH | DOUBLE JOY AT FORESTERS by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club Our rst meeting of the year, held in February was a joyous demonstration by Carole Norman ‘With spring in mind’. Before this we presented our wonderful chairman, Marion Catt, with a plant to celebrate her well-deserved award from the Wessex and Jersey Area Branch of NAFAS ‘Wessex and Jersey Associate of Honour’. is unique award recognises her diligent service to the world of Flowers. Carole demonstrated an inspirational range of skills alongside her amusing, witty stories based on her life! Carole explained that if we can dramatically reduce our use of foam we can help protect nature for future generations. Her rst design was a vase of mixed coloured tulips using a clear tape grid (over the top of the vase) and twigs to support the tulips (grow and bloom once in water, light and warmth). Beautiful, spring in a vase! Second was a sensational spring basket using biodegradable orist foam (recently improved). Care to leave the handle accessible; eucalyptus and a variety of greenery – shades, leaf size, volume to create a so space for her variety of owers in spring colours. ese included purple liatris, pale pink tulips, burgundy and mauve alstroemerias, purple and white scented lisianthus and white spray rose buds. ird was a stunning, sunny yellow arrangement in a black pedestal container. Out of the arrangement came a “fountain” of ve sun owers secured with copper wire. Fourth was a wooden base with a vertical design including a trio of Nashville lemon lilies anked by two trios of sun owers, interspersed with purple hyacinth. – begonia leaves, prunus, rubus, umbrella plant, ferns, dotted with mauve clematis. So peach and pale apricot ranunculus, sandersonia (orange lantern owers) and skimmia were some owering beauties she used. Five lucky ladies won arrangements in the ra e a er refreshments. Next meetings held at Copythorne Parish, 7.30pm: 7th April - demonstration by Alison Finch ‘Well Read’. 5th May – presentation by Julia Baker ‘A History of Furzey Gardens’ followed by ShowNight – ‘Celebration’. Call Debbie orne on: 07769 830752 for more information. Carole Norman with one of her inspirational displays e biodegradable foam was covered with moss and held in place with wire. Fifth was a stunning woodland arrangement with a hollowed out log as the container, lled with woodland e ect greenery Horticultural Show is Back Black eld Horticultural and Cra Show are pleased to announce that their show is returning this year. ey have been going since 1983 and have classes for Flowers, Fruit, Vegetables, Cra s, Photographs, Floral Art & Cookery, and children’s classes too. e shows started in 1983 at the Black eld Community Centre which used to be in the Village, then it moved to the Gang Warily Scout Hut in 1988, another move to Fawley Jubilee Hall in 1999, but in 2008 moved to e Royal British Legion, in Black eld (with one show in 2010 that took place in the old Esso Cinema at e Waterside Sport & Social Club). ey have been around a long time and grown over the years, have got bigger and bigger over the years and don’t think they would t in the community centre now even if it was still there. ey also have a great committee. of local people that have made the show what it is and are grateful to all those people who gave their time and worked hard. New members are welcome to join the committee, please message Dawn if you would like to join on: 07825 908428. So this year a er a 3 years break for COVID-19, they will be putting on the show on Saturday 13th August , at the Royal British Legion, in Black eld. Schedules will be sent out to people who have entered before and then other people can get a schedule at local shops or by phoning Dawn on: 07825 908428.