Page 58 • The HERALD • 17th November 2022 v GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE HERALD v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ 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 CHILDREN AND FLOWERS by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club We all know how much younger children enjoy the great outdoors. ese days we have to be ingenious to keep this precious connection with nature going, before we lose them to the black hole of technology. With a bit of imagination we can gently nurture an on-going interest in nature. We all love welly walks, deer spotting, splashing in puddles, building hideouts and camps, and collecting coloured leaves for arty projects etc. How about occasionally pointing out herbs, trees, bushes and owers in the garden. My experience is relishing little faces as they register owers with the bonus of scent and with herbs, the strong, unique smell of that herb. Re-visiting at a later date with a guessing game of identifying the name of the ower/ herb, has brought great joy. using a glass or jam jar and ribbon. I had an invitation to help with the Harvest owers at church and had my four-year old granddaughter, Evee, with me (due to unforeseen circumstances). What pleasure she had helping display foliage and owers, from piles, in little glasses to complement my arrangement. When she had nished she wanted to help more and arranged all the owers in the posy on the welcoming table. She was so proud of her achievements. She then enjoyed moving around chatting to everyone else and was delighted to be asked back to help at Christmas! Precious memories. Next club meetings: 1st December ‘Strictly Flowers’ demonstration by Martina Coleman. No meeting in January 2023. 1st February 2023 ‘Surprise!’ demonstration by M & M. All meetings held at Copythorne Parish Hall: SO40 2NZ at 7.30pm for more information please call Debbie orne: 07769 830752. Evee with her arrangement Flowers and weed owers from the garden can be used to create collages e.g. butter ies, animals, people with clothes, faces or alternatively a pretty posy for the table Around the World in Music & Pictures Bartley Horticultural Society next meeting is on Thursday 15th December for a talk by Christopher Legrand titled ‘Around the World inMusic & Pictures’. 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
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