Herald - Issue 424

Page 54 • The HERALD • 2nd June 2022 v SEND ALL YOUR NEWS TO THE HERALD v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ 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 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 BLACKFIELD FLOWER CLUB Andrea Hilliard, a newly-quali ed NAFAS demonstrator, was welcomed to the May meeting. Andrea used to own a orist shop in Romsey which closed before the pandemic. e title of the demonstration was ‘Back to my Roots’ and featured Andrea’s childhood memories of her Grandad and Grandmother and their farm. A garden fork attached to a tall stand was used for the rst design. A Hogarth curve was created using ruscus before adding some aucuba japonica and hosta leaves. Beautiful orange antirrhinums, pink roses and hypericum berries completed this design. A trug lled with chicken wire was used for this natural design. Honeysuckle, ivy and thlaspi were inserted together with blupeurum, ammi major, small daisies, sun owers and some green hypericum berries. e next design featured a milk churn. Various types of foliage including laurel, lavender and rosemary were hypericum berries. Attractive model chickens were placed at the base of each design on completion of the demonstration. e members thoroughly enjoyed the a ernoon. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 2pm at the Royal British Legion Club, Exbury Road, Black eld, SO45 1XD. e next meeting will take place on Tuesday 14th June when Graham King will be the demonstrator and the title will be ‘Pure Fantasy’ – visitors welcome, for more information call Jan Gordon on 023 8084 4835. inserted before adding pale blue delphiniums, pink lisianthus, pale pink peonies and tenisetum. A tray of small bottles found on the farm was placed at the base of the design. Andrea’s Grandad practised water divining so for this design a tall cylindrical glass container lled with hazel sticks was used. Pale blue delphiniums and solomon seal provided height before adding aucuba, hosta, pittisporum, fountain grass, white lisianthus and white calla lilies. Andrea Hilliard e last design represented the chickens on the farm and a chicken feeder was used for the container. Pink astilbe, pink roses and large yellow c h r y s a n t h emums were used together with some ruscus and Totton&District Gardeners’ Society hold their meetings at Totton 3 Score Club Hall on the 2nd Wednesday of each month , starting at 7.30pm. e next meeting takes place on Wednesday 8th June for a talk by Pauline Weeks titled ‘You, your garden & climate change’. Followed on Wednesday 13th July for talk by Gerald Ponting titled ‘Flowers of reserves & roadsides’. A Summer Show is planned for Saturday 13th August with hopes of a Spring Show in March 2023. New members are warmly welcome, for more details please ring Derrick on: 023 8066 8177. You, your garden & climate change