ANNUAL VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SHOW 14 TH AUGUST 2010 Another really successful show! The weather was not as kind as last year and there was a lot of shower dodging not easy early in the morning as the exhibitors were arriving with their beautiful exhibits. However this did not seem to put off the visitors and once the doors opened we had a steady stream all afternoon. The exhibits were magnificent and I am so glad so many came and saw what talent we have in the area. It must have been a hard job for the judges and many thanks go to them from the Society. Many congratulations to the prize winners who won so deservedly. I am sure you will recognise many of the names! It is wonderful to get such great support every year. The afternoon seemed to be enjoyed by young and old alike enjoying the tombola, raffle and taking a rest with a cup of tea and a slice of cake. The Committee members worked so hard to make the afternoon a success and special thanks must go the Bud, our Chairman, and Kay, our Show Secretary, who had put in so much of their time over the last few months. An event like this is a mammoth task as I am sure you will appreciate, and so many members of the Society came and helped both set it up the night before, worked all day , and then helped clear it up once it was all over again many thanks to them all too many to mention by name. Our next monthly meeting is on the 9th September when Mrs Frances Farrer-Brown will be entertaining us with a talk entitled The Plant Hunters'. She is a great speaker and I thoroughly recommend it. If you are not a member you are most welcome to come along as a visitor and you never know you might decide to join us! 7.00 for 7.30 in the Village Hall. Rozie Bradley |
| Cups and Trophies Awarded at the Annual Show 2010
Southwood Cup: Best exhibit Class 1 Children’s Section Woodman Challenge Cup: Best Exhibit in Section 6 |
| The May Meeting The weather at our May meeting felt more like March, which resulted in fewer entries in our competitions as all the flowers and vegetables are so far behind at present. Let's hope by June it all gets back to normal again! However the rhubarb seems to be able cope with the cold and we had some good entries on the table. Best in show floral was won by Pat Price. Bud Cooper, our chairman, welcomed everyone to the meeting, including some new members. Brian Linkhorn gave us his invaluable Topical Tips for the month ahead. Even Brian had to admit that he has lost his French beans to the very late frosts we have been having try and wash the frost off as it is the sun that does the damage if you have planted out your potatoes they should be fine as there should not be any frost by the time they appear through the soil it's a good time to lift and divide polyanthus so you can double your plants now is the time to pot on your marrows and cucumbers and some boring jobs to do like deadheading daffs and tulips, spraying gooseberries for mildew, watering strawberries as it has been so dry, feeding hydrangeas in order to get great blooms later in the year. Lastly, you can start preparing plants for your hanging baskets. Mr Norman Flint was our speaker with a talk entitled The Dahlia Grower's Year. His talk, with some beautiful slides took us through from preparing the beds, storing them in the winter, to getting them ready for showing. My goodness what a dedication to one species. He got hooked on them with his first six plants which he bought for 10/6d in 1958 (about 50p to you younger readers!). He even dug up his lawn, while his wife and sons were out, in order to be able to have more plants!! He is now of course a National Judge even judging as far afield as Australia. I apologise for readers who might have liked a more detailed account of his talk, but it is very difficult to make notes during a slide show when the lights are off!! We have been busy preparing for this month's Coffee Morning and Plant Sale on 15 th May and the preparations for the Annual Flower and Vegetable Show on the 14 th August are well in hand. The Show schedule is now available for all who wish to put in entries. The Committee would like to thank all those who support us at these events. We have our two summer trips planned to Monica Lucas's garden in Sidlesham on the evening of the 11 th June and also our coach trip to RHS Wisley on the 26 th June. If you are not a member and wish to take advantage of the trip to Wisley please contact Rozie Bradley on 01243 576057 as we have a few spare places. Next month's meeting on the 10 th June, will be a talk with hints and tips by Mrs Margaret Borsberry, entitled Cookery & Preserves at the Show' and we look forward to seeing you there and welcoming visitors and new members. Rozie Bradley |
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SATURDAY 15th MAY 10.30AM – 12 NOON |
BOSHAM VILLAGE HALL |
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April Meeting Brian Linkhorn gave us his tips for the coming month including spray gooseberries for mildew prune hydrangeas and feed with fish, blood and bonemeal plant early spuds prune roses if have not already done so plant out onion sets sow: asters, zinnias, sprouts, lettuce, radish, carrots, parsnips and sow runner beans in the greenhouse for planting outside for the 15 th May and if you have not pruned and fed your autumn bliss raspberries do so now! Certainly enough to keep you gardeners busy!! We were so lucky to have as our speaker Mr Brian Kidd talking about his allotment. I would recommend his talk with slides to all societies. He is the most entertaining gentleman and was able to make his talk both informative and very funny! Some of you may have heard him on Radio Solent or read his articles in the local Portsmouth paper. I hope we are able to remember all his handy tips for when (?) Bosham gets some allotments! Next month on May 13 th our speaker will be Mr Norman Flint with a talk and slides entitled The Dahlia Growers Year'. Visitors are always welcome at our meetings - please call Rozie Bradley on 01243 576057 if you need any information about the Society, the meetings and the trips. |
January Meeting Brian Linkhorn gave me the monthly topical tips which he would have normally read out at the meeting shallots can be planted in the cold frame begonias should be pricked out and be in the cold frame sow sweet peas in 5 inch pots and put in the airing cupboard - check dahlias and dust with sulphur if necessary. When the weather gets better prune the apple trees back to this side of three fruit buds - this should be done by the end of February at the latest. Don't forget to feed the birds daily and check their water is ice free. And lastly if the weather is too awful to do any of these tasks, then sit back by the fire and study your seed catalogues and dream of the spring and summer!! Hopefully all this snow and ice will have gone in time for our next meeting (11 th Febnruary 7.30 - in the village Hall as usual) when Mr John Negus will give us a talk with slides and a Quiz entitled Twelve months of Colour' sounds like the tonic we all need at present! Rozie Bradley |
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Our last meeting of 2009 was our annual Christmas Party held on the 10 th December. This was organised by all the Committee members and thanks go to them for an excellent evening and delicious buffet with wine. The evening started off with the usual competitions. Congratulations to the winners who were: Peter Rogers, Brian Linkhorn, Pat Price, Marie Gilby, Anne Davis, Stephanie Fiske, Janet Phillips, and M. Cope. The Miss Scales Cup was awarded to Beryl Cooper and the Lady Allen Cup to Don Hall. Brian Linkhorn gave his Topical Tips: when the weather is dry enough you can plant out shallots, sow onions and sweet peas. Peter Rogers, our youngest Society member, entertained us with his guitar and Beryl Cooper organised some great raffle prizes. So all in all a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The new programme has been printed and it will be issued to members early in the New Year. There are some excellent speakers lined up for the year 2010 and I feel special thanks should go to Barbara Cowans who spends a great deal of her time arranging them - not an easy task. |
| Meeting October 8th 2009: For October’s meeting we had the Halloween theme with some wonderful pumpkins in the competitions. Our chairman, Bud Cooper, opened the meeting with a plea for more of the members to come forward for election on to our committee. Our AGM is on the 12th November and it would be wonderful to have some new blood with new ideas on our team! It really is not too onerous with just a handful of Committee meetings a year and help at the monthly meetings. Please contact Bud (01243 572583) or any of the committee members if you can help. Now a reminder from myself and the Treasurer – Don’t forget that your annual subscription of £4.00 is due NOW!! It is easy for me to report the results of this month’s competitions as Don Hall made an almost clean sweep winning six of them. Best in Show (floral) was Pat Price and Best in Show (domestic) was Stephanie Fiske. Brian Linkhorn gave us his monthly topical tips – plant garlic at least 3 inches deep, plant broad beans - Halve your penstemons down to 18 inches - prepare and plant strawberries – halve your rose stems if they are not still flowering, chip and sow sweet peas – plant autumn onion sets – finish planting your bulbs. Try and have all these jobs done by the end of October! He certainly likes to keep us busy! Mr Peter Gardner kindly stepped in as our speaker at the last minute as the one we had arranged had to cancel. His interesting talk and slides on the ‘Beauties of Hampshire’ covered a wide range of subjects from wildflowers to insects and animals. He quizzed us on the names of each one and I think we did pretty well with our answers! My knowledge was sadly lacking and I just kept quiet at the back! Next month’s meeting (November 12th) is our AGM and Members’ Evening with some entertainment and a glass of wine to liven it up!! We shall of course still have our usual competitions and the Committee hopes as many of our members as possible will be able to attend. Rozie Bradley |
| Meeting September 10th, 2009 Our September meeting indicates the beginning of the autumn, after the summer break. Bud opened the meeting with the sad news of the death of Don Goodall. Don and his wife have been supporters of this Society over many years and our sympathy goes out to his wife and family at this sad time. Our speaker this month was Mr Chris Howkins, an ethnobotantist, who spoke on the subject of Poisonous Plants. I thought it was one of the most informative and entertaining talks I have heard at the meetings. He has researched information on plants over the last forty years and his database is reckoned to be the third largest on the subject in the country. It is amazing how many plants in our gardens are very toxic, a lot of which we eat each day – and he wonders how many of our grandchildren are made aware of this and kept safe from poisoning. It was so interesting to learn how many of these poisonous plants are used in minute doses in modern medicine from eye drops to anaesthetics. And, never, never eat potatoes that have any green on them! There was so much information, that it would take up the whole of this magazine to report on, but Chris does has a very good website (chrishowkins.com) if you want to learn more about his work.
Rozie Bradley |
August 8th, 2009 |
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I am sure that everyone who attended our special show this year would agree that it was a resounding success. It is the first time that I have been involved with the setting up and running of the show on the day. It is a huge job for our members and a special debt of gratitude is owed to Marie Gilby, our show secretary, who made all the arrangements from start to finish, and got so many of us involved on the day. To have everything up and running in time for the judges by 10.30am takes great effort both on the night before and from 8am on the day. Not to mention the ladies that provided a delicious lunch for the judges and stewards before the doors opened. |
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Rozie Bradley and Hazel Dean |
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Floral Exhibits |
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| Peter Chivers Judge and Roy Retallick Steward |
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Ann Dove Judge and Margaret Coward Steward |
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Class 47 Exhibit |
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Jean Wren with her winning piece of hand knitting August 2009 |
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Now that the excitement of the Show is over for another year, we can look forward to the monthly meetings resuming after the summer break. On Thursday 10th September we have Mr Chris Howkins coming to give us a talk on poisonous plants (7.30 in the Village Hall). If you enjoyed the Show, why not come along as a visitor to one of our meetings and then maybe you will be inspired to join us!! If you want any further information please call me on 01243 576057. Rozie Bradley |
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July Meeting Report |
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Hard to believe that we are nearly getting to the longest day, giving us plenty of time to get into our gardens. I'm sure all our members are full of ideas for their garden after visiting so many beautiful and varied gardens last Sunday at the Bosham Open Gardens Day. A lot of our members opened their gardens and it was so impressive to see the fruits of all their hardwork - only sorry the weather wasn't as bright as the gardens! Their enthusiasm and love of their work was very evident. We learnt about the history of the woodland in England , the archaeology from Neolithic times to the present day, coppicing etc. and Kester stressed the importance of management. They accompanied the talk with slides of magnificent trees and the ancient woodland plants including rare orchids. Christine spoke to us about which flora, fauna and insects to look for as you walk through woodland. It is obviously a lifetime's work managing their wood, and as Kester informed us the rarest species in any woodland nowadays is a woodland worker! |
Contact the Bosham, Chidham & District Horticultural Society for further information: Mr Bud Cooper (tel: 572583) |
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