11th May 2023 • The HERALD • Page 53 v GROW YOUR BUSINESS WITH THE HERALD v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ 07879 552227 www.crowngardensandlandscapes.co.uk info@crowngardensandlandscapes.co.uk A family run business with over 20 years experience. Our teams of professional, friendly and reliable Gardeners and Landscapers are passionate about gardening and landscaping to very high standards of presentation and quality workmanship. Garden Maintenance Leaf Clearance Summer Tidy Up Hedges Borders Weeds Pressure Washing Landscaping Design Patios Artificial Lawns Decking Fencing Garden Repairs Your specialist Landscape and Garden Maintenance service, based in Hythe. Here to support the design, creation and maintenance of your perfect and personal outdoor space. 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 Free Estimates u Fully Insured Foresters Flower Club Share Their Spring Joy! by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club Jennifer ompson, 6th July: Demonstration and Golden Celebrations by M & M ‘Golden Oldies’. For more information please contact Debbie orne: 07769 830752. It was no April Fool that the 1st of April brought sunshine and happiness for some of Foresters Flower Club Committee members who shared their ower joy in the morning and a ernoon workshops, resulting in the most wonderful creations. ese were the rst workshops that Foresters Flower Club had ever undertaken and were a huge success. ere were two workshops – morning and a ernoon – and approximately 20 people attended each. e theme was spring, and the aim was for anyone interested to create their own vision of spring in the form of a spring wreath, or such like. e workshop started with a demonstration by Mo, she showed how to attach meadow hay to a wire ring. en a small block of ower foam, wrapped in cling lm, was attached to the gap le intentionally in the ring. e cling lm allows ower and foliage stems to pierce it, whilst retaining moisture. Upkeep for fresh plant material is just the occasional good misting with water. Dried, silk, or fresh foliage and owers were used and the resulting creations were placed on the long table for viewing. e results were absolutely beautiful, and despite being based on a single demonstration, showed variety in size, colour and materials used. Most were to decorate doors for spring, some were Easter, designs, and one lady created an exquisite design using dogwood instead of the wire ring for her door. Refreshments were available the whole of the workshop, with unlimited cake! e atmosphere was wonderful, and it felt like a large group of happy friends. Notice was given for the intention to hold a Christmas workshop: Saturday 25th November, depending on interest. We watched with joy as everyone le very happy with their creations - so they should have been! Our club meeting on Thursday 6th April followed on nicely with an amazing c h o c o l a t e themed raffle (yes including Easter eggs and plants!) and a pr e s ent a t i on by Christine Bennett about the magical Lost Gardens of Heligan. ese magical gardens were planted by the Tremaine family (400 years in residence) and have gradually been rediscovered since the 1990s. ey are situated between Mevagissey and St Austell in Cornwall and well worth a visit. Next meetings are: 1st June: ‘Fish Go Deep’ a demonstration by GARDENING IN MAY SUMMER’S ON ITS WAY Advice from RHS As bulbs fade and herbaceous borders grow in leaps and bounds, it is now clear that summer is approaching. Sowing and planting out bedding can begin, depending on regional weather variations, and you can take so wood cuttings. It’s also time to get back into the lawn mowing regime, as the lawn will be loving the warmer temperatures this month brings Top gardening jobs this month 1. Watch out for late frosts. Protect tender plants. 2. Earth up potatoes, and promptly plant any still remaining. 3. Plant out summer bedding at the end of the month (except in cold areas). 4. Water early and late to get the most out of your water, recycle water when possible. 5. Regularly hoe o weeds. 6. Open greenhouse vents and doors on warm days. 7. Mow lawns weekly – but consider leaving some areas uncut for wildlife. 8. Check for nesting birds before clipping hedges. 9. Li and divide overcrowded clumps of da odils and other spring- owering bulbs. 10. Watch out for viburnum beetle and lily beetle grubs.
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