Page 54 • The HERALD • 25th August 2022 v SEND ALL YOUR NEWS TO THE HERALD v A J GLEESON BUILDING & GROUNDWORK DRIVEWAYS EXTENSIONS BRICKWORK GROUNDWORK BLOCK PAVING Colours & Designs to suit your requirements Local Work Available to View CALL FOR A FREE QUOTATION New Forest & Southampton 023 8084 4180 Mobile: 07770 771475 Bramdene, Main Road, Dibden, Southampton ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ Gilberts Nursery & Tearoom A Family Run Nursery Open all Year as a General Plant Nursery with large selection of shrubs, trees, cottage plants and seasonal bedding or join us in our Tearoom which serves freshly prepared food, delicious cakes and cream teas Visit our Dahlia Field with over 400 varieties, every colour and size Dahlia imaginable OPEN 17TH AUGUST UNTIL END OF OCTOBER. Grass pathways and seating around the field. Free Entry. Dahlia plants available for sale Visit: www.gilbertsdahlias.co.uk Dandysford Lane, Sherfield English, Romsey SO51 6DT • Tel: 01794 322566 www.gilbertsnursery.co.uk Open: 9am-5pm Tuesday-Saturday, 10am-4.30pm Sundays (Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays) Glorious Gilberts Although open all year as a general plant nursery with large selection of shrubs, trees, cottage plants and seasonal bedding, Gilberts Nursery in Sher eld English (SO51 6DT) comes to life during the summer months with its collection of over 400 varieties of dahlias. New dahlia varieties, known as seedlings, are planted providing a glorious display of colour, which is open for viewing until the end of October, or the rst frosts. ere are grass walkways and although there is a slight incline to the eld, access is good and there is seating situated around the eld or the dahlias can be viewed from the Tearoom or Tea Garden. Entrance to the eld is free. e picking of owers is prohibited, however bunches of dahlias are available to purchase on most days, weather permitting. Well behaved dogs (on a lead) are welcome. Dahlias flower from mid-July, right through to the rst frost, which in some areas can be up until the beginning of November. ere are so many colour variations, some of the two toned colours look as if they have been created by an artist with great dedication, many di erent size and shape blooms, some as large as dinner plates right down to the small pom dahlias. In recent years the dahlia has become popular in gardens to attract bees, especially the single petal varieties where the pollen is on show from the minute the bud opens up. Gilbert’s Nursery, which also has a tearoom serving freshly prepared food, delicious cakes and cream teas, is open Tuesday to Saturday from 9am until 5pm, Sunday 10am until 4pm, and is closed Mondays, except Bank Holidays. e eld is open the same time as the nursery however the eld will be closed 30 minutes before the nursery closes. Bartley Horticultural Society next meeting is on Thursday 15th September for a talk by Gillian Taylor titled ‘My Greenhouse Year’. eir next meeting will take place on Thursday 20th October for their AGM and a Pumpkin Competition with Pumpkin Carving. Meetings take place on the third ursday of the month at Copythorne Parish Hall, Pollards Moor Road, Copythorne SO40 2NT at 7.30pm. 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, call: 07789 352505 or visit their website: www.bartleyhs.org.uk My Greenhouse Year e New Forest Probus Club held their July meeting at the Dibden Golf Club on ursday 21st July. President Henley welcomed the members by reminding them that on this very day in 1899, Ernest Hemmingway was born. Henley also welcomed two representatives from the Ashurst Probus Club. Henley also clari ed that during his earlier Vodka tester, this was only a minor consultancy. Low membership numbers are still a concern. Henley encouraged members to use personal contacts in potentially recruiting new members, and distributed helpful guidelines. Potential events for the Club were: Co ee morning at the Royal Southampton Yacht Club, Lunch at MJs (Brockenhurst College), Tour of ExxonMobil Petrochemical Plant, Visit to Calshot Lifeboat Station with Co ee at Calshot Café and Tour on New Forest Bus from Hythe to Fordingbridge via a bus change Lyndhurst, with lunch in Fordingbridge (display of a council Tax bill, provides discount). e meeting continued with a very informative illustrated talk by Hazel Fotheringham, from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight trust. e Trust is now 60 years old, with a membership of around 27,000 members, (many of whom volunteer in supporting the Trust). Currently there are some 65 wild life sites across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, representing a total of 2,300 hectares. Since Brexit, the Trust has lost the European Protection and Support for its sites, which is giving some concerns. e current aim of the Trust is to maximise ‘Wilding’ within the County, and Hazel showed many examples where this had been successful. Other activities by the Trust is to maximise removal of non native invasive plants, support the introduction of new species, such as: beavers, choughs, pine martins, and work with local Farmers & Land owners to encourage ‘Wilding’ and organic practices. e planned topic for the August meeting is Nordic Mythology. If anyone is interested in joining, please contact the Secretary, call: 023 8089 7967. New Forest (East) Probus Club Southampton Branch World Ship Society, meet at St James Methodist Church, St James Shirley, 7.30pm to 9.30pm on the second Tuesday of the month. Please note: they will be in their new venue Room 7. Enter the church building from the car park at the back – their room is up the stairs, then turn right and Room 7 is at the end of the corridor. eir next meeting is on Tuesday 13th September details to be con rmed. On Tuesday 11th October details to be con rmed. Anyone with a shipping interest is welcome to attend. More details visit: www.sotonwss.org.uk or call: 023 8049 0290. SHIP SOCIETY Emergency First Aid Course at Hythe Library Hythe Library is running an Emergency First Aid Course on Tuesday 13th September, 9.30am to 4.30pm. is free course will equip you with skills to be able to con dently undertake emergency rst aid if someone becomes ill or injured. e course consists of instructor led tuition with the emphasis on practical application of rst aid skills. If you would like a certi cate which is valid for 3 years, £20 is payable directly to the tutor. To book a place, please call the Learning in Libraries Team on 023 9223 2957 or visit: www.shop.hants. gov.uk/products/emergency-first-aid-hythe-librarytuesday-13th-september-2022
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