Herald - Issue 425

Page 50 • The HERALD • 23rd June 2022 v EMAIL: editor@herald-publishing.co.uk v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ 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 types of trees expertly felled, topped & pruned • Stump Grinding • Hedges pruned & trimmed • Lawns Laid • Fencing & garden work • Rubbish Clearance • Patios & drives jet-washed • Patios & Drives resurfaced or replaced H Fully Insured H Evening: 01794 522092 Daytime Mobile: 07946 513633 Email: treefellers@gmx.com SHED SECURITY ADVICE from Secured by Design • Security mark your tools and equipment using an SBD recognised forensic asset marking or etching kit to act as a visible deterrent to thieves. • Consider a battery-operated shed alarm, they respond to movement or door contact with an extremely loud siren. Please keep it out of the reach of young children. The Gilberts Dahlia Year Woodlands Gardening Club meets on the second Tuesday of the month. Meetings start at 7.30pm at Netley Marsh Community Hall, Woodlands Road, Netley Marsh and their next meeting takes place on Tuesday 12th July for an evening visit to a local garden (details nearer the time). Followed on Tuesday 13th September for a talk by Nick Gilbert titled ‘ e Gilberts Dahlia Year’ Visitors are very welcome at £2.50; for more information about the club, call Susanna on: 023 8029 2953. • Shed windows can be tted with a weld mesh or a grille on the inside. If you don’t use the window, another option is to screw it shut. For more advice visit: www.securedbydesign.com/ media/attachments/2021/07/13/sbd-security-leaflet- sheds-out-buildings-hr.pdf MAKE A BUTTERFLY GARDEN Bartley Horticultural Society are planning a visit on Thursday 21st July for talk by Martin Young titled ‘Make a Butter y Garden’. eir next meeting will take place on Thursday 18th August for talk by Tom Haskell titled ‘Vegetable Production Using Hotbeds’. Meetings take place on the third ursday of the month at Copythorne Parish Hall, Pollards Moor Road, Copythorne SO40 2NT at 7.30pm. eir 109th Annual Show takes place on Saturday 6th August at Copythorne Parish Hall. Open to public 1.30pm. More schedules can be obtained from Maggie Fenwick on 07789 352505. e updated schedule can also be downloaded from their website: www. bartleyhs.org.uk along with extra entry forms which can be printed o if needed. New members and visitors are always welcome. Visitors fee applies. For more information you can write to them at: Mavis Cottage, Pollards Moor Road, Copythorne, SO40 2NZ or call: 07789 352505. Flowers of Reserves & Roadsides 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 13th July for talk by Gerald Ponting titled ‘Flowers of reserves & roadsides’. Followed on Wednesday 10th August for a talk by Malcolm Calvert titled ‘Alpine Gardens’. 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. Hythe Flower Club’s next meeting is on Thursday 14th July when they have an in-house workshop. ey meet on the second ursday each month at 7pm for 7.30pm at Hythe and Dibden Parish Hall. Newmembers and visitors will be warmly welcomed. Further information can be found by e-mailing: Hythef lowerc lub@aol . com Hythe Flower Club Lepe Gardening Club Do you enjoy pottering around the garden, or socialising with others in good weather? Why don’t you join Lepe Gardening Club every other Saturday to help keep the Sensory Garden at Lepe Country Park looking its best. Meet like-minded volunteers, try your hand at learning something new, or just get outside for a while. Great for mind, body and soul. From 9.30am-11.30am, you can nish just in time for a seaside view for lunch. For more information about the Gardening Club, please contact Lepe Country Park: lepe.enquiries@ hants.gov.uk or 023 8089 9108.