Page 56 • The HERALD • 1st June 2023 v THE HERALD - Proud to be part of your communityv ✿ 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 Smithwood Landscaping Professional Gardening & Landscaping • Garden Redesign • Astro Turf • Trees & Shrubs Carefully Pruned • Rockeries Designed • Fencing • Ground Cover • Seasonal Tidy Ups No Job Too Small as I am a Local Gardener Any advice over the phone is freely given Contact Gary (Master Landscaper) 07707 433194 INSULATED GARDEN ROOMS From ONLY £5,000 Ring John to arrange a site visit & advice 07526 699 040 01590 678 495 Johnmaunsell48@gmail.com e volunteers at the Healthy Haven Garden held a Big Help Out Day on Monday 8th May. eir sponsors included Otter Nurseries in Lymington, Fairweather’s in Beaulieu, Pococks roses at Romsey, Dobbies at Cadnam, B&Q at Nursling and Lidl, Hythe who all donated plants for the garden. B&Q donated a pair of secateurs and a garden sprayer. Tesco Dibden donated tea, co ee and biscuits to serve as refreshments on the day and urston’s at Holbury donated £10 towards some refreshments. Holbury Hardware donated some paint for the tool shed and New Forest bird foods donated some fat balls, a fat ball feeder and some mealworm. volunteers also planted ground cover roses at the front and planted some herbs. Due to the rain they were unable to paint the tool shed, but will look out for more volunteers to do it when the weather is better. One man o ered to come back on Saturday 13th May to help move a banana plant. Another man promised some Hostas. A past volunteer Shirley donated a garden bench and a wheelbarrow. Despite the weather the volunteers had a productive day. If you would like to volunteer in the garden please contact Christine Bennett on Social media or via the Waterside Medical Practice. BBC Radio Solent broadcast Live from the garden. e members of Black eld Flower Club welcomed Jennifer ompson, National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS) demonstrator from Camberley to their May meeting with a demonstration entitled ‘Fish go Deep’. Jennifer has a special interest in sh. A rectangular piece of cork placed on a blue metal frame was used for the rst design. Turquoise sparkly material and turquoise dried material had been inserted before the demonstration. Jennifer then added some fern. Two placements with cream Avalanche roses, blue eryngium, brunea and some tillansia were placed in the cork. ree ornamental shes were added to complete this design. e second design featured a large grey ower pot. Two di erent types of palm were inserted to each side before adding fatsia, leather leaf fern, choisya, beautiful green and pink anthuriums (Pistache), large pale pink chrysanthemums (Rosanno), deep pink germinis and trails of dark blue clematis. A second identical ower pot completed this design and an ornamental sh was inserted into each pot. Lime green was the colour for this design. A tall metal stand was used and a piece of lime green voile had been attached. A cheese plant leaf and palm leaves were inserted to form the outline. A cascade of white calla lilies to one side and mahonia berries on the other side. Some bear grass to give movement, green dianthus in the centre and a large shell placed at the base completed this design. Rhythm was the theme for this design. A owing ribbon of dried leaves was attached to a tall metal stand. Palm leaves and leather leaf fern were inserted before adding some tropical foliage including heliconia and pineapple. Sun owers minus petals were inserted together with craspedia and some gypsophila and, the nal touch, some wool-covered spheres. e last design featured a large piece of vertical cork with three large green and white spheres cascading down the front of the cork. Photinia and acer were inserted together with beautiful Miss Piggy roses (pink /orange), green hypericum berries and pale pink astilbe. Bright pink preserved fern added a splash of colour. e next meeting will take place on Tuesday 11th July at 2pm when Gill Homer will be giving a demonstration entitled ‘Bright Ideas’. Meetings take place at the Royal British Legion Club, Exbury Road, Black eld, SO45 1XD – visitors welcome; please contact Jan Gordon on 023 8084 4835 for more details. BLACKFIELD FLOWER CLUB Big Help Out Day at the Healthy Haven New Milton Sand & Ballast provided a skip for the day which the volunteers were able to dispose of all their rubbish and tree branches. On the day Lucie Mann from New Forest Aquaponics brought a Pomegranate plant for the garden and a box of cakes. Lucie helped in the garden along with Lyn who helped put the plants in the front of the surgery and to put a slab down for their garden sign. e Jennifer Thompson
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